Mpembe, [guardian fetish.]
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Title
Mpembe, [guardian fetish.]
Collection
At the back of the Black man's mind: or notes on the kingly office in West Africa
Names
Dennett, R. E. (Richard Edward), 1857-1921 (Author)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1906
Place: London
Publisher: Macmillan and Co., Limited
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc 572.967-D
Subjects
Africa, West -- Ethnology
Talismans
Amulets
Genres
Languages
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR786985-B
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11675363
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cd37e950-c628-012f-4522-58d385a7bc34
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1906
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Mpembe, [guardian fetish.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1906. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cd37e950-c628-012f-4522-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1906). Mpembe, [guardian fetish.] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cd37e950-c628-012f-4522-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Mpembe, [guardian fetish.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cd37e950-c628-012f-4522-58d385a7bc34
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