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Luc De Heusch, (trans. Roy Willis), The Drunken King, or the origin of the state, Translation of Le Roi ivre, African Systems of Thought, Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1982, 269 pp.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2011

Richard Fardon
Affiliation:
University of St Andrews

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Reviews of Books
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Africa , Volume 53 , Issue 4 , October 1983 , pp. 102 - 104
Copyright
Copyright © International African Institute 1983

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