Containing Occult Practices: Witchcraft Trials In Cameroon

African Studies Review

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 143-163

  Fisiy, Cyprian F ^a  

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EID: 85011497772     PISSN: 00020206     EISSN: 15552462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/525357     Document Type: Article

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