Fitsari 'dan Duniya. An African (Hausa) praise song about vesicovaginal fistulas.
@article{Wall2002FitsariD,
title={Fitsari 'dan Duniya. An African (Hausa) praise song about vesicovaginal fistulas.},
author={L. Lewis Wall},
journal={Obstetrics and gynecology},
year={2002},
volume={100 6},
pages={
1328-32
}
}Figures from this paper
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