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La humanizaciĂłn del mono. Una autobiografĂa de de la investigaciĂłn antropolĂłgica
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665:2004. M.W. Magezi, T.E. Nyakango, M.K. Aganatia.
618:Photography in Africa. Ethnographic Perspectives.
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57:Free University of Berlin, University of Bayreuth
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1237:"MARY AKATSA, PROPHETIN - Freiburger Filmforum"
964:"Heike Behrend | Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse"
481:. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 31 March 2014.
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1148:"PreistrÀgerinnen und PreistrÀger 1985 - 1989"
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602:Bielefeld, pp. 187-200.
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311:and the history of her
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658:2003. L.T. Rubongoya.
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412:Selected publications
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