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- ↑ "Nana Ofori Atta II, Omanhene of Akyem Abuakwa, and Another v. Nana Abu Bonsra II as Adansehene and as Representing the Stool of Adanse and Another". Journal of African Law. 2 (1): 33–39. 1958. ISSN 0021-8553. JSTOR 744956.
- ↑ Harvey, William Burnett (2015-12-08). Law and Social Change in Ghana. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-7558-0.
- ↑ Rathbone, Richard (2000). Nkrumah & the Chiefs: The Politics of Chieftaincy in Ghana, 1951-60. Ohio State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8214-1306-7.
- ↑ Boakye, Alex Oteng (2000). Banso Koransan: Nana Ofori Atta II, Okyenhene (1899-1973) : Kwaeebibiremhene. Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society.
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- ↑ Political Parties and National Integration in Tropical Africa. University of California Press.
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