Negotiating difference: Discourses of indigenous knowledge and development in Ghana

Political and Legal Anthropology Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 224-242

  Yarrow, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chieftaincy; Development; Elites; Ghana; Indigenous knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749110601     PISSN: 10816976     EISSN: 15552934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1555-2934.2008.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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