Women of the African diaspora within: The masowe apostles, an African initiated church

Women and Religion in the African Diaspora: Knowledge, Power, and Performance

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 59-80

  Mukonyora, Isabel ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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