rival empires: Islam and the religions of spirit possession among the Òyóo‐Yorùbá

American Ethnologist

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 495-515

  MATORY, J LORAND ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84981906081     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.1994.21.3.02a00030     Document Type: Article

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4. Introduction
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