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Making of an African King

Making of an African King

Anthony Ephirim-Donkor

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Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Año de edición:
2019
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Historia de África
ISBN:
9780761870708
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This revised and updated edition of The Making of an African King takes into account the 2015 Ghana Supreme Court ruling on the internecine kinship struggle among the Ᾱwutu (Effutu) of Simpa (Winneba).

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