Blinded by sight: Divining the future of anthropology in Africa;Die Erforschung des elefanten: Zur zukunft der ethnologie in Afrika

Africa Spectrum

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 63-92

  Nyamnjoh, Francis B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Anthropology; Methods; Theory of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870435061     PISSN: 00020397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000203971204702-304     Document Type: Article

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