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Global Geopolitical Power and African Political and Economic Institutions: When Elephants Fight by John James Quinn. London: Lexington Books, 2016. Pp. 377. $54.99 (pbk).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2018

Ross Harvey
Ross Harvey*
Affiliation:
South African Institute of International Affairs, University of Cape Town
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The Journal of Modern African Studies , Volume 56 , Issue 3 , September 2018 , pp. 532 - 533
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