Motive rather than means legal genealogies of witch-killing cases in Kenya

Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 35-57

  Luongo, Katherine Angela ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Custom; Kenya; Law; Murder

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL LEGACY; CRIME; GENEALOGY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 47049119312     PISSN: 00080055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/etudesafricaines.9622     Document Type: Article

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