'Water wars' in Kumasi, Ghana

Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 135-155

  McCaskie, Tom C ^a  

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EID: 84968764364     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15746925     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004162648.i-308.40     Document Type: Article

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