Rethinking pastoralism in Africa : gender, culture & the myth of the patriarchal pastoralist
Publication Type:
MiscellaneousSource:
James Currey ; Fountain Publishers ; EAEP ; Ohio University Press, Oxford : Kampala [Uganda] : Nairobi ; Athens, Ohio, p.xii, 272 p. : ill., maps (2000)Call Number:
GN645 .R49 2000XKeywords:
Africa -- Economic conditions, Africa -- Social conditions, Division of labor -- Africa., Pastoral systems -- Africa., Patriarchy -- Africa., Sex role -- Africa., Social status -- Africa., Women -- Africa -- Social conditionsAbstract:
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