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- ↑ "Akuapems Mark 10th Milestone of Larteh Accord". Modern Ghana (originally Ghanaian Chronicle). 11 May 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
- ↑ "Akuapem Traditional Area determine to have paramountcies". GhanaWeb. 9 October 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ↑ Gilbert, Michelle: 'No Condition Is Permanent': Ethnic Construction and the Use of History in Akuapem. Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, Vol. 67, No. 4 (1997), pp. 501-533 (snippet view at findarticles.com)