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Robin Horton. Patterns of Thought in Africa and the West. Essays on Magic, Religion and Science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. 471 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $59.95. Cloth.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2014

Clarke K. Speed
Clarke K. Speed*
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University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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African Studies Review , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , September 1995 , pp. 140 - 143
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Copyright © African Studies Association 1995

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References

Notes

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