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Volume 21, Issue 4
1 June 2000
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Research Article| June 01 2000

The impact of globalisation on Africa

Amos P.N. Thapisa
Amos P.N. Thapisa (Thapisa@Noka.ub.bw) is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Information and Library Studies, University of Botswana, Botswana.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7921
Print ISSN: 0143-5124
© MCB UP Limited
2000
Library Management (2000) 21 (4): 170–178.
https://doi.org/10.1108/01435120010693988

Lead paper for a virtual conference on Global Information in Africa proposing that the debate extends beyond the technical and professional. Introduces the impact on education, research, economics and culture, morality, communication, work productivity, and political democracy.

Keywords: Africa, Globalization, Information superhighway, Information technology, Communications technology, Libraries
© MCB UP Limited
2000
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