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In search of a post-transatlantic slave trade dwelling and conviviality: rethinking Ghana’s ‘Year of Return’ with Ama Ata Aidoo’s The Dilemma of a Ghost (1965)

Rogers AsempasahDepartment of English, University of Cape Coast College of Humanities and Legal Studies, Cape Coast, GhanaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1272-1211View further author information
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Samuel Ato BentumDepartment of English, University of Cape Coast College of Humanities and Legal Studies, Cape Coast, GhanaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 342-355 | Published online: 17 Feb 2023

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