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Africa’s Legends: digital technologies, aesthetics and middle-class aspirations in Ghanaian games and comics

Légendes d’Afrique: technologies numériques, esthétique, et aspirations de la classe moyenne dans les jeux et bandes dessinées ghanéennes

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Pages 327-349 | Received 03 May 2016, Accepted 13 Jun 2017, Published online: 02 Oct 2017

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