Making up their own minds: Readers, interpretations and the difference of view in Ghanaian popular narratives

Africa

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 388-404

  Newell, Stephanie ^a  

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EID: 0039386278     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1161181     Document Type: Article

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