The blacksmiths of tamale: The dynamics of space and time in a ghanaian industry

Africa

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-185

  MacGaffey, Wyatt ^a  

^a HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATIONAL ECONOMY; OCCUPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AFRICA; GHANA; NORTHERN REGION [GHANA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TAMALE; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 67651214039     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: 17500184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/E0001972009000679     Document Type: Article

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