Symbols of triumph: IFAN and the colonial museum complex in french West Africa (1938-1960)

Museum Anthropology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 50-60

  Adedze, Agbenyega ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 76449084692     PISSN: 08928339     EISSN: 15481379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mua.2002.25.2.50     Document Type: Article

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