Funerals for the Living: Conversations with Elderly People in Kwahu, Ghana

African Studies Review

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 103-129

  Van Der Geest, Sjaak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85011531720     PISSN: 00020206     EISSN: 15552462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/525071     Document Type: Article

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