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Christianity and Islam among the Mossiarticle 1958 • Skinner, Elliott Percival
Mossi • Africa > Western Africa
This article is a study of the history, methods and results of the attempts of Christians and Moslems to convert the pagan Mossi. Islam has the longest history in the area, first penetrating t...Traditional and modern patterns of succession to political office among the Mossi of the Voltaic Republicarticle 1960 • Skinner, Elliott Percival
Mossi • Africa > Western Africa
In this paper the author has described the period of political interregnum and political succession among the Mossi and how they have adapted this to meet certain political threats under the F...