Developmental psychology as political psychology in Sub-Saharan Africa: The challenge of Africanisation

Applied Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-87

  Nsamenang, A Bame ^a   Dawes, Andy ^b  

^a Laboratoire de Physiologie végétale   (Cameroon)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040350203     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.1998.tb00014.x     Document Type: Article

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