South African Student Movement 2015-16: Twitter campaigns from #RhodesMustFall to #FeesMustFall

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socioeconomic

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dataset

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HumTak

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This data set focuses on Social media and student leadership in South Africa, consisting of about 803 563 tweets from #RhodesMustFall to #FeesMustFall on Twitter.

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