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Guns and Rain: taking structural analysis too far?

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LanD. M., Guns and Rain: guerrillas and spirit mediums in ZimbabweLondon and Harare: James Currey and Zimbabwe Publishing House, 1985. 272 pp., £19.50 hardback, £8.50 paperback, 0 85255 200 9 hardback, 0 85255 201 7 paperback.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2011

M. F. C. Bourdillon
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Africa , Volume 57 , Issue 2 , April 1987 , pp. 263 - 274
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Copyright © International African Institute 1987

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