The shaman's quest in Africa

Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 119-135

  Lewis, Ioan M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Africa; Possession; Shamanism; Tungus

Indexed keywords

EID: 6144291731     PISSN: 00080055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3406/cea.1997.1990     Document Type: Article

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