"From a real nody, which was there, proceed radiations which ultimately touch me, who am here": An encounter with a missionary portrait of a precolonial akan court official

Visual Anthropology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 275-292

  Jenkins, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

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EID: 70449644403     PISSN: 08949468     EISSN: 15455920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08949460903004938     Document Type: Article

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