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- ↑ Ashanti Indigenous Legal Institutions and Present Role, Ph.D thesis, University of Cambridge, 1951.
- ↑ Adi, Hakim and Marika Sherwood 1995. The 1945 Manchester Pan African Congress Revisited. New Beacon Press: London. Page 119
- ↑ Ibid., page 16.
- ↑ Austin, Dennis 1970. Politics in Ghana 1946-1960. Oxford University Press: London. Pages 168, 170, 268.
- ↑ Ibid., page 351.
- ↑ Daily Graphic, Ghana, January 29, 1959, Page 2. Available from the National Archives, Ghana
- ↑ Essamuah, Colin; Epistle, Abura (8 September 2017). "In memory of the perfect gentleman — Dr Kofi Dsane-Selby, 1931-2017". Graphic Online. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
Edited: Matthew Gardner (Grandson)