The twentieth century encounter between alphabetic and electronic forces of culture confers on the printed word a crucial role in staying the return to "the Africa within.”. (Marshall McLuhan)

The twentieth century encounter between alphabetic and electronic forces of culture confers on the printed word a crucial role in staying the return to "the Africa within.”.

Marshall McLuhan

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