From dungeons to dance parties: Contested histories of Ghana's slave forts

Journal of Contemporary African Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 249-260

  Macgonagle, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HISTORY; CULTURAL IDENTITY; SLAVE;

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

EID: 33750209858     PISSN: 02589001     EISSN: 14699397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02589000600770007     Document Type: Article

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