Challenging Dependents/Dependence: Widows in Court in Postcolonial Ghana

Kate Skinner

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPathos and Power
Subtitle of host publicationInterdisciplinary Perspectives on Widowhood in Africa - past and present
EditorsJoanna Davidson, Benjamin Lawrance
PublisherOhio University Press
Publication statusAccepted/In press - 29 Mar 2024

Keywords

  • Ghana
  • Widowhood
  • Court cases
  • Inheritance
  • Dependence
  • Autonomy
  • Kinship
  • Polygyny
  • Monogamy
  • Colonialism
  • Legal pluralism

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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