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    Izak J. van der Merwe (Professor of Human Geography and Research Fellow)

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van der Merwe, I.J. The global cities of Sub-Saharan Africa: Fact or fiction?. Urban Forum 15, 36–47 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-004-0008-2

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