Mande Mansa: Essays in Honor of David C. Conrad
- ISBN-10
- 3037359048
- ISBN-13
- 9783037359044
- Category
- Legends
- Pages
- 233
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Authors
- Stephen Paterson Belcher, David C. Conrad, Jan Jansen
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