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The Politics of Fabric and Fashion in Africa 1960-Today 1960 was the year of Africa. Over seventeen countries rid...
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The Age of Dictatorship: Europe 1918-1989 - The little dictators The third lecture in the series asked why so many...
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Rare and Endangered Languages - 'Why should we protect endangered languages?' Dr Nicholas Ostler argues for the preservation of the world's...