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Dimensions of African Cultural Heritage on the Psycho-Emotional Development of Children:  Modelling the Emerging Theory of Indigenous Emotion Regulation Adjustment by P F. Shey and Tani E. Lukong (2018).

 

 

Tani Emmanuel Lukong   Ph.D

 

Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Buea, Cameroon

 

 

 

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