Hollywood in Uganda

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Hollywood in Uganda: local appropriation of trans-national Englishlanguage movies
Stella Achen & George Ladaah Openjuru a a a

Department of Adult and Community Education, College of Education and External Studies, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda Version of record first published: 25 Jun 2012

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Hollywood in Uganda: local appropriation of trans-national English-language movies
Stella Achen

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