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- 1 2 3 4 Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 1. Accra: Ghana. National Assembly. 1969.
- ↑ Report of the Committee of Enquiry Into the Recent Disturbances at Prestea: Parts I and II. Accra: Ghana Publishing Corporation, 1969. 1969. pp. xxi.
- ↑ Political Leaders in Black Africa: A Biographical Dictionary of the Major Politicians Since Independence. UK: E. Elgar, 1991. 1991. p. 119.
- ↑ The Parliamentarian, Volume 52. UK: General Council of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, 1971. 1971. pp. 216–217.
- ↑ "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1962: 87.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Wiseman, J. A (1991). Political leaders in Black Africa: A biographical dictionary of the major politicians since independence.