Child abuse in Setswana folktales

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 433-448

  Malimabe Ramagoshi, Refilwe M ^a   Maree, Jacobus G ^a   Alexander, Daleen ^a   Molepo, Maisha M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African folk literature; Child abuse; Folktales; Setswana; Societal beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890495740     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430600989072     Document Type: Article

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