Contested indigenous rights: The case of the Mbororo in northwest Cameroon;Umstrittene rechte indigener völker: Das beispiel der Mbororo in Nordwestkamerun

Zeitschrift fur Ethnologie

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-60

  Pelican, Michaela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Indigenous people; Mbororo; Minority rights; Rule succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650583018     PISSN: 00442666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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