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Sankore

Named after the University of Sankore in Timbuktu — one of the world’s oldest centres of learning. Every figure here is computed from work-level records in our own graph, never copied from a source’s summary count.

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Researching Africa – for whom and to what end?

2026IKENGA International Journal of Institute of African StudiesJournal

10.53836/ijia/2026/27/2/001 Full text0 citations

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2 authors.

C UgwuFirst author
- University of Nigeria (NG)
as printed: Chidi Ugwu
Aloysius OdiiSenior author
- University of Nigeria (NG)

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Globalization and Cultural Identitylevel 3 · 0.05
African cultural and philosophical studieslevel 3 · 0.05
Globalization and political ideologieslevel 3 · 0.04

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2026 · IKENGA International Journal of Institute of African Studies · 0 citations
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Researching Africa – for whom and to what end? · Sankore