Cocoa, marriage, labour and land in Ghana: Some matrilineal and patrilineal perspectives

Africa

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 301-321

  Duncan, Beatrice Akua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC RELATIONS; LABOR; LAND RIGHTS; MARRIAGE; RURAL ECONOMY;

GHANA;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 77952948427     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: 17500184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2010.0206     Document Type: Article

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