Social Science Research and the Africanist: The Need for Intellectual and Attitudinal Reconfiguration

African Studies Review

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 81-102

  Tettey, Wisdom J ^a   Puplampu, Korbla P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 85010713210     PISSN: 00020206     EISSN: 15552462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/525070     Document Type: Article

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