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Serendipity: Conducting Research on Social History in Ghana’s Archives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2014

Samuel Aniegye Ntewusu
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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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History in Africa , Volume 41 , June 2014 , pp. 417 - 423
Copyright
Copyright © African Studies Association 2014 

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