Witchcraft as an Issue in the “Politics of Belonging”: Democratization and Urban Migrants' Involvement with the Home Village

African Studies Review

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 69-91

  Geschiere, Peter ^a   Nyamnjoh, Francis ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

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EID: 84937263860     PISSN: 00020206     EISSN: 15552462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/525354     Document Type: Article

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