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Named after the University of Sankore in Timbuktu — one of the world’s oldest centres of learning. Every figure here is computed from work-level records in our own graph, never copied from a source’s summary count.

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Form and symbolism: a cross-cultural analysis of ancient Chinese and West African traditional figurative sculptures · Sankore

Form and symbolism: a cross-cultural analysis of ancient Chinese and West African traditional figurative sculptures

2025Cogent Arts and HumanitiesJournalOpen access

10.1080/23311983.2025.2474848 Full text0 citations

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5 authors across 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Armiyaw SulemanaFirst author
E. Mensah
- Ho Technical University (GH)
as printed: Ebenezer Fiifi Mensah
Samuel Nii Adamah SampahCorresponding
- Ho Technical University (GH)
Richard Selase Gbadegbe
- Ho Technical University (GH)
as printed: Richard Gbadegbe
Jiang TieliSenior author

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Global Maritime and Colonial Historieslevel 3 · 0.98
African history and culture studieslevel 3 · 0.91

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2025 · Cogent Arts and Humanities · 0 citations
https://openalex.org/W4408225786