Remains: To be seen. Third encounter between state and " customary" in northern mozambique

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 263-300

  Obarrio, Juan M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Custom; Indigenous; Law; Mozambique; Postcolonialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951857224     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: 15481360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1360.2010.01059.x     Document Type: Article

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