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Serendipity: Conducting Research on Social History in Ghana’s Archives
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 March 2014
Abstract
This report provides practical ideas and methodological warnings regarding the use of Ghanaian archives for the writing of social history.
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- Africa’s Archives in the Age of Web Democracy
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- Copyright © African Studies Association 2014
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