Personal Rule in Black Africa: Prince, Autocrat, Prophet, Tyrant

Personal Rule in Black Africa: Prince, Autocrat, Prophet, Tyrant

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  Jackson, Robert H ^a   Rösberg, Carl G ^a  

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