Claiming place: The production of young men's street meeting places in ACCRA, Ghana

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-242

  Langevang, Thilde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accra; Ghana; The street; Young men; Youth

Indexed keywords

IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; MARGINALIZATION; SUBURBAN AREA; YOUNG POPULATION;

ACCRA; AFRICA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 51049105517     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0467.2008.289.x     Document Type: Article

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