François-Xavier Fauvelle-Aymar, Bertrand Hirsch (eds.), Les ruses de l’historien. Essais d’Afrique et d’ailleurs en hommage à Jean Boulègue, Paris: Éditions Karthala, 2013, 498 pp.
Journal Title: Studies in African Languages and Cultures - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 48
Abstract
Review of the book "Les ruses de l’historien. Essais d’Afrique et d’ailleurs en hommage à Jean Boulègue" by François-Xavier Fauvelle-Aymar and Bertrand Hirsch
Authors and Affiliations
Stanisław Piłaszewicz
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