Between death and funeral: Mortuaries and the exploitation of liminality in Kwahu, Ghana

Africa

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 485-501

  van der Geest, Sjaak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE;

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

BARLERIA OPACA;

EID: 33846673935     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2006.0061     Document Type: Article

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