Text and testimony in the tribunal de premiere instance, dakar, during the early twentieth century

The Journal of African History

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 447-463

  Roberts, Richard ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84976184610     PISSN: 00218537     EISSN: 14695138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021853700031170     Document Type: Article

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