Communities of believers: Exploring African immigrant religion in the United States

African Immigrant Religions in America

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 27-46

  Olupona, Jacob K ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL   (United States)

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