Challenging Dependents/Dependence: Widows in Court in Postcolonial Ghana

Kate Skinner

Challenging Dependents/Dependence: Widows in Court in Postcolonial Ghana

Department of History (Historical Studies)

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	Pathos and Power
Subtitle of host publication	Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Widowhood in Africa - past and present
Editors	Joanna Davidson, Benjamin Lawrance
Publisher	Ohio University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780821426449
ISBN (Print)	9780821426432, 9780821426425
Publication status	Published - 8 Jul 2025

Keywords

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

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Challenging Dependents/Dependence: Widows in Court in Postcolonial Ghana

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