Settlement history and chronology in the Savè area of central Bénin

Azania

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 227-249

  Gurstelle, Andrew W ^a   Labiyi, Nestor ^b   Agani, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

Author keywords

oral history; Oyo Empire; Shabe; Yoruba Edo region

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936891618     PISSN: 0067270X     EISSN: 19455534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0067270X.2015.1020631     Document Type: Review

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