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| Discipline | Education |
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| Language | English |
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| Publisher | African Educational Research Network |
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| ISO 4 | Afr. Symp. |
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| OCLC no. | 62511400 |
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African Symposium is a quarterly on-line academic journal of educational research published by the African Educational Research Network.
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