‘awusai atso’: Community attachment to and use of transatlantic slave trade resources in danish-osu, Ghana

Journal of Heritage Tourism

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-67

  Yankholmes, Aaron Kofi Badu ^a   Boakye, Kwaku Adutwum ^b   Wellington, Henry Nii Adziri ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Danish Osu; Knowledge; Perceptions; Slave Route Project; Tourism development; Transatlantic slave trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949188694     PISSN: 1743873X     EISSN: 17476631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17438730903484176     Document Type: Article

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