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Karin Shapiro
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Professor of the Practice in the Department of African and African American Studies
African & African American Studies
kshapiro@duke.edu
Box 90252, Durham, NC 27708
243D Friedl Building, Box 90252, Durham, NC 27708
Office hours
Wednesdays 3:30pm-5:00pm  
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Transnational history
Africa, Southern
History--21st century
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History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
South Africa
Convict labor--United States
Global Scholarship
Botswana
Research
South Africa
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United States of America
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