In search of the Diasporas within Africa

African Diaspora

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-27

  Bakewell, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Diaspora; Ethnicity; Migration; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 62449138483     PISSN: 18725457     EISSN: 18725465     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1163/187254608X346024     Document Type: Article

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