Rethinking the Akan household: Acknowledging the importance of culturally and linguistically meaningful images

Africa Today

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-45

  Hanson, Kobena T ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; RESEARCH;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33444454370     PISSN: 00019887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/aft.2004.51.1.26     Document Type: Article

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