Life/history: Personal narratives of development amongst NGO workers and activists in Ghana

Africa

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 334-358

  Yarrow, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; HISTORY; IDEOLOGY; MORALITY;

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

EID: 54849440791     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/E0001972008000211     Document Type: Article

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