The oral and beyond : doing things with words in Africa /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Finnegan, Ruth H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Chicago : Pietermaritzburg : James Currey ; University of Chicago Press ; University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2007.
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