Contested Boundaries: African Studies Approaching the Millennium Presidential Address to the 1996 African Studies Association Annual Meeting

African Studies Review

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1-14

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EID: 85011500652     PISSN: 00020206     EISSN: 15552462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/525154     Document Type: Article

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