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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.

Type
Africa’s Archives in the Age of Web Democracy
Copyright
Copyright © African Studies Association 2014 

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