The chief, the mine captain and the politician: Legitimating power in Northern Ghana

Africa

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-66

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EID: 0039984519     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1161147     Document Type: Article

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