Intergenerational cultural transmission among the akan of ghana

Journal of Intergenerational Relationships

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 23-38

  Adjaye, Joseph K ^a   Aborampah, Osei Mensah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extended family; Ghana; Sociocultural transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247670091     PISSN: 15350770     EISSN: 15350932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J194v02n03_03     Document Type: Article

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