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"There is no singular 'reason' why Africans use fractals, any more than a singular reason why America..." — Ron Eglash
There is no singular 'reason' why Africans use fractals, any more than a singular reason why Americans like rock music. Such enormous cultural practices just cover too much social terrain.
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