The digitization of Africa

Africa Today

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 3-19

  Limb, Peter ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITIZATION; GLOBALIZATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

AFRICA;

EID: 33846485498     PISSN: 00019887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/aft.2005.52.2.2     Document Type: Article

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