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Improving Open-Source Information on African Politics, One Student at a Time

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2022

Martha Wilfahrt Open the ORCID record for Martha Wilfahrt [Opens in a new window]  and
Kristin Michelitch Open the ORCID record for Kristin Michelitch [Opens in a new window]
Martha Wilfahrt
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley, USA
Kristin Michelitch
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University, USA
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 55 , Issue 2 , April 2022 , pp. 450 - 455
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association

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