The Transmission of Kapsiki-Higi Folktales over Two Generations Tales That Come, Tales That Go /

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Main Author: van Beek, Walter E.A (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:XI, 170 p. 14 illus., 9 illus. in color.
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Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:African Histories and Modernities,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59485-3
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