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Epistemological Decolonization through a Relational Knowledge-Making Model 通过关系知识生成模型的认识论非殖民化

Africa Today Pub Date : 2021-06-09 DOI: 10.2979/AFRICATODAY.67.4.04

L. Botha, D. Griffiths, Maria Prozesky

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On Collaboration and Communication "In the Now" 论“当下”的协作与沟通

Africa Today Pub Date : 2021-06-09 DOI: 10.2979/AFRICATODAY.67.4.06

J. Hart, Victoria Ogoegbunam Okoye, Joseph Oduro-Frimpong

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Whose Agency: The Politics and Practice of Kenya’s HIV-Prevention NGOs, Megan Hershey 《谁的代理:肯尼亚艾滋病预防非政府组织的政治与实践》，Megan Hershey

Africa Today Pub Date : 2021-05-01 DOI: 10.2979/africatoday.67.4.08

Brad Crofford

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Surviving Biafra: A Nigerwife’s Story, Elizabeth S. Bird and Rosina Umelo 《幸存的比夫拉:一个尼日利亚女人的故事》，伊丽莎白·s·伯德和罗西娜·乌梅洛著

Africa Today Pub Date : 2021-05-01 DOI: 10.2979/africatoday.67.4.07

Hope Eze

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Breakthroughs, Blockages, and the Path to Self-Accomplishment: The Case of Pentecostal Church Founders in Kenya 突破、阻碍和自我实现之路——以肯尼亚五旬节教会创始人为例

Africa Today Pub Date : 2021-03-12 DOI: 10.2979/AFRICATODAY.67.2-3.08

Y. Gez, Yvan Droz