Transforming the Gospel of Domesticity: Luhya Girls and the Friends Africa Mission, 1917–1926

African Studies Review

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 1-27

  Thomas, Samuel S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85011466993     PISSN: 00020206     EISSN: 15552462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/524982     Document Type: Article

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