The material and cultural recovery of camels and camel husbandry among Sahrawi refugees of Western Sahara

Pastoralism

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Volpato, Gabriele ^a   Howard, Patricia ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agency; Camel pastoralism; Cultural identity; Forced displacement; Herd losses; Livelihood strategies; Refugee camps

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975251939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20417136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13570-014-0007-4     Document Type: Article

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