Copyright and Education in Africa: Lessons on African Copyright and Access to Knowledge

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Copyright and Education in Africa: Lessons on African Copyright and Access to Knowledge

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Schonwetter, T. (2010) “Copyright and Education in Africa: Lessons on African Copyright and Access to Knowledge”, The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC) [Preprint], (10). doi:10.23962/10539/19770.
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