'The proof is on my palm': Debating ethnicity, Islam and ritual in a new African diaspora

Journal of Religion in Africa

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-77

  Johnson, Michelle C ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70749139632     PISSN: 00224200     EISSN: 15700666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157006606775569604     Document Type: Article

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