Beyond an evangelising public anthropology: Science, theory and commitment

Journal of Contemporary African Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 48-63

  Nyamnjoh, Francis B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

commitment; public anthropology; science; theory

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; IDEOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AFRICA;

EID: 84929180196     PISSN: 02589001     EISSN: 14699397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02589001.2015.1021214     Document Type: Review

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