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Abstract:
Interview with N.A. Ksenofontova, PhD (History), Senior Research Fellow, Center for Sociological and Political Research, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Keywords:
Soviet African studies, Russian African studies, Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, African history studies, African cultural studies
DOI:
10.31132/2412-5717-2025-71-2-106-122
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For citation:
Ksenofontova N.A. (2025). African Studies in the USSR/Russia in the 1960–1990s: Historical and Cultural Studies (interview). Journal of the Institute for African Studies. Vol. 11. № 2. Pр. 106–122. https://doi.org/ 10.31132/2412-5717-2025-106-122
Для цитирования:
Ксенофонтова Н.А. Советская/российская африканистика в 1960–1990 годы. Историческое и культурологическое направления (интервью). Ученые записки Института Африки РАН. 2025. Т. 11. № 2. С. 106–122. https://doi.org/ 10.31132/2412-5717-2025-71-2-106-122
