Living Libraries: The Role of the Baansi in Preserving the Culture of the Dagbon in Northern Ghana.
This study focuses on the role of the living libraries, the baansi, of the Dagomba of Ghana in preserving and sustaining the culture and history of the people of Dagbon in the northern region of Ghana. The paper is a qualitative study, and the instruments used for data collection span from 2012 to 2...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Pan African Studies Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 154 - 168 |
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