The Origins of Formal Education in sub-Saharan Africa - Was British Rule More Benign?
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- Ewout H.P. Frankema, 2012. "The origins of formal education in sub-Saharan Africa: was British rule more benign?," European Review of Economic History, European Historical Economics Society, vol. 16(4), pages 335-355, November.
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