Connecting generations: Kamba and Maasai paths to marriage in Kenya

Mate Selection Across Cultures

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 95-118

  Wilson, Stephan M ^a   Ngige, Lucy W ^b   Trollinger, Linda J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781452204628.n6     Document Type: Chapter

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