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What is the point of African Studies?

Mon 13 November 2017
by Heike Becker
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tagged Knowledge, Elisio Macamo, African Studies

Is another knowledge production of Africa possible? My essay on this topic has been published at the New York-based blog "Africa is a country."

Read my essay "What is the point of African Studies?". It is an edited post that first appeared on the Review of African Political Economy.

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