The African Crisis in Context: Comparative Encounters with Educational Rationalization

African Studies Review

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 205-218

  Boyer, Dominic ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 85011452657     PISSN: 00020206     EISSN: 15552462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0002020600031498     Document Type: Article

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