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Displaced women in northern Ghana: Indigenous knowledge about ethnic conflict

This article presents the findings of field research in Ghana in 2002 about internal displacement stemming from multiethnic violence in northern Ghana in 1994, known as the “Guinea Fowl War.” Indigenous, gender-specific knowledge from displaced Ghanaian women is presented in the context of feminist perspectives on the consequences of regional wars on non-combatants. The research … Continue reading Displaced women in northern Ghana: Indigenous knowledge about ethnic conflict