Menstruation as a verbal taboo among the Akan of Ghana

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 367-387

  Agyekum, Kofi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

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EID: 0040078350     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/jar.58.3.3631182     Document Type: Article

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