Money and death: Funeral business in Asante, Ghana

Africa

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 531-559

  de Witte, Marleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL TRADITION; SOCIAL STATUS;

AFRICA; ASHANTI; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 2642527864     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2003.73.4.531     Document Type: Article

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