Technologizing Africa: On the bumpy information highway

Computers and Composition

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 302-316

  Ford, Dwedor Morais ^a  

^a CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Composition; Computers; Developing countries; Egypt; Ghana; Information highway; Integration; Kenya; Technologizing; Technology; Writing instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547815538     PISSN: 87554615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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