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Tydskrif vir Letterkunde
On-line version ISSN 2309-9070
Print version ISSN 0041-476X
Tydskr. letterkd. vol.45 n.1 Pretoria Jan. 2008
EDITORIAL
Africa's variety of Arabo-Islamic Literatures - an overview
Muhammed Haron
Muhammed Haron is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Theology & Religious Studies at the University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana, and also Executive Member of the Centre for Contemporary Islam at the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. E-mail: haronm@mopipi.ub.bw
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