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Disability and technology in Africa: introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2022

Susan Reynolds Whyte  and
Herbert Muyinda
Susan Reynolds Whyte*
Affiliation:
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Herbert Muyinda*
Affiliation:
Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
*
Emails: susan.reynolds.whyte@anthro.ku.dk, muyindaherbert@hotmail.com
Emails: susan.reynolds.whyte@anthro.ku.dk, muyindaherbert@hotmail.com
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Africa , Volume 92 , Issue 4 , August 2022 , pp. 419 - 429
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