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- ↑ "What is GMMB". Ghana Museums and Monuments Board. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ↑ Kankpeyeng & DeCorse 2004, p. 94.
- ↑ "About Us - Ghana Museums and Monuments Board". Ghana Museums and Monuments Board. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- Bibliography
- Kankpeyeng, Benjamin W.; DeCorse, Christopher R. (2004). "Ghana's Vanishing Past: Development, Antiquities, and the Destruction of the Archaeological Record". The African Archaeological Review. 21 (2): 89–128. doi:10.1023/b:aarr.0000030786.24067.19. JSTOR 25130794. S2CID 55155205.
