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Sankore

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Why African (Akan) thought has no concept of race: An anti-essentialist cultural meaning of personhood

2022Legon Journal of the HumanitiesJournalOpen access

10.4314/ljh.v32i2.4 Full text4 citations

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Lloyd G. Adu AmoahFirst authorCorresponding
- University of Ghana (GH)

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African cultural and philosophical studieslevel 3 · 0.99
Race, History, and American Societylevel 3 · 0.95

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2022 · Legon Journal of the Humanities · 4 citations
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Why African (Akan) thought has no concept of race: An anti-essentialist cultural meaning of personhood · Sankore