Introduction. Understanding African Land-Holding: Power, Wealth, and Meaning

Africa

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 307-325

  Shipton, Parker ^a   Goheen, Mitzi ^a  

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DOI: 10.2307/1159746     Document Type: Article

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