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ECAS 4 – Africa Engagements: On Whose Terms?

Panel Title:
Engaging the Francophone/Anglophone divide in researching Africa

Panel Proposers:
Ms Amy Niang, Politics and IR, University of Edinburgh Scotland
Ms Muriel Cote, Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh

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Please email panel organisers for any queries. Paper proposals (no more than 400 words) are due December 22, 2010.

Muriel Cote:
M.Cote@sms.ed.ac.uk
Amy Niang:
A.Niang@sms.ed.ac.uk

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