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The African University as “Global” University

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2014

Isaac Kamola
Isaac Kamola*
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Trinity College
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Symposium: Higher Education and World Politics
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 47 , Issue 3 , July 2014 , pp. 604 - 607
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