The politics of history and the vernacular in early twentieth-century Ghana: Situating Gaddiel Acquaah's Oguaa Aban in Ghanaian social and literary history

Research in African Literatures

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 83-102

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EID: 67649786605     PISSN: 00345210     EISSN: 15272044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/ral.2006.37.3.83     Document Type: Article

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