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Serena Owusua Dankwa, Knowing Women: same-sex intimacy, gender, and identity in postcolonial Ghana. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (hb £75 – 978 1 108 49590 5; Open Access at <https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108863575>). 2021, 318 pp.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 August 2021

Phoebe Kisubi Mbasalaki
Phoebe Kisubi Mbasalaki*
Affiliation:
African Gender Institute, University of Cape Townphoebe.mbasalaki@uct.ac.za
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Africa , Volume 91 , Issue 4 , August 2021 , pp. 687 - 689
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