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No. 05-06 (2023): CODESRIA Bulletin, No 5 & 6, 2023 - Special Issue: 16th CODESRIA General Assembly

1 - Epidemics in African History: A Historiographical Approach

Babere Kerata Chachaa
Laikipia University, Kenya

CODESRIA Bulletin, No. 05-06 (2023): CODESRIA Bulletin, No 5 & 6, 2023 - Special Issue: 16th CODESRIA General Assembly

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Babere Kerata Chachaa. (2023). 1 - Epidemics in African History: A Historiographical Approach. CODESRIA Bulletin, (05-06). Retrieved from https://journals.codesria.org/index.php/codesriabulletin/article/view/5518
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