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Hans Zell: bibliographer of African publishing – introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2025

Stephanie Kitchen
Stephanie Kitchen*
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International African Institute
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Email: sk111@soas.ac.uk
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Hans Zell Festschrift: sixty years of service to African scholarship
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Africa Bibliography, Research and Documentation , Volume 4 , June 2025 , pp. 79 - 87
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the International African Institute

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