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Man in Africa, and His Literature | |
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The Ancient Soninke and Fulbe Epics | |
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Gassire's Lute | |
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The Rediscovery of Wagadu | |
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The Fight With the Bida Dragon | |
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Samba Gana | |
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The Blue Blood | |
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The Valiant Goroo-Ba-Dicko | |
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Sayings of the Fulbe | |
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The Messenger to Maftam | |
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Kanem-Bornu | |
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The Two Traders | |
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The Sau Hunter | |
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A Chronology of Kings and Migrations in Kanem-Bornu | |
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How the Kanuri Mark the Time of the Day | |
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The Hausa, an Account of Their Origin | |
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Hausa Religious Poetry | |
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Seidu the Brave | |
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Life and Death | |
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The Son of the Hunter | |
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The Friend and the Lion | |
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Two Gizo Tales | |
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The Spider and the Crows | |
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Spider Deals with the Famine | |
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Some Hausa Proverbs and Sayings | |
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Four Tales of the Impossible | |
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Contest at the Baobab Tree | |
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Three Friends Cross the Water | |
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The Strong One | |
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Three Fast Men | |
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Lion of Manding | |
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The King of Sedo | |
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The Song of Gimmile | |
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The Gluttonous Ansige | |
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The Cow-Tail Switch | |
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Preachments of the Animals | |
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Kru War Song | |
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Hammer and Chisel Rhythm | |
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The Akan Peoples of Ghana | |
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Akan Poetry | |
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Drum Poetry of the Akan Peoples | |
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Drum Poems to Onyame, the Supreme Deity | |
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Akan Sayings About Nyame (Onyame) | |
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The Drum-History of the State of Mampon | |
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Chiefdom Among the Ashanti | |
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A Song for the New Chief | |
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Some Ashanti Proverbs | |
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Sayings as Guides to Good Social Behavior | |
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Riddle | |
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Four Ashanti Tales | |
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The Coming of the Yams | |
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Journey to Asamando, Land of the Dead | |
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O the World! | |
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Talk | |
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Gold and Gold Weights | |
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Ashanti Proverbs and Sayings Cast in Brass | |
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The Search for Gold | |
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Anansi, Trickster Hero of the Akan | |
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Anansi Proves He is the Oldest | |
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Anansi Owns All Tales That Are Told | |
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Anansi's Rescue from the River | |
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Aberewa's Sword | |
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Anansi Borrows Money | |
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Anansi Gives Nyame a Child | |
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How Debt Came to Ashanti | |
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The Competition for Nyame's Daughter | |
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The Hat-Shaking Dance | |
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Anansi Plays Dead | |
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The King's Drum | |
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The Wall of Millet | |
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Dahomey, The Kingdom Built in Da's Belly | |
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The Gods of Dahomey, Their Exploits | |
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To Each is Given His Dominion | |
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The Rule of Sky and Earth Delimited | |
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Sogbo Becomes Master of the Universe | |
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Sagbata's Control of Earth Stabilized | |
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Sun God Brings Iron to Man | |
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Serpent as Headrest for an Overburdened Earth | |
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The People Who Descended from the Sky | |
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Origin of the People of the Agblo Quarter | |
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How Legba Became Chief of the Gods | |
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Exploits of the Aladahonu Dynasty | |
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Origin of the Royal Sib | |
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How the Aladahonu Kings Came to Rule Abomey | |
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The King and the Nago | |
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How Behanzin Fought Against the Whites | |
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Seeking Poverty | |
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Two Dahomean Songs for the Dead | |
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Some Dahomean Riddles | |
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Some Dahomean Proverbs | |
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The Yoruba | |
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Deeds and Adventures of the Yoruba Gods | |
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The Descent from the Sky | |
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Iron is Received from Ogun | |
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Oranmiyan, The Warrior Hero of Ife | |
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Orunmila's Visit to Owo | |
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Shango and the Medicine of Eshu | |
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Obatala's Visit to Shango | |
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How Shango Departed from Oyo | |
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Yoruba Warriors, Kings and Heroes | |
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Ogbe Baba Akinyelure, Warrior of Ibode | |
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The Burning of the Elekute Grove | |
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Ogedengbe's Drummers | |
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Olomu's Bush Rat | |
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The Yoruba Trickster, Ijapa | |
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How Ijapa, Who Was Short, Became Long | |
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Ijapa Cries for His Horse | |
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Ijapa and the Oba Repair a Roof | |
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Ijapa and Yanrinbo Swear an Oath | |
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Ijapa and the Hot-Water Test | |
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Ijapa Goes to the Osanyin Shrine | |
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Ijapa in Yoruba Proverbs | |
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The Worship of Twins Among the Yoruba | |
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How Twins Came Among the Yoruba | |
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Two Tales from Benin | |
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Igioromi | |
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Ozolua and Izevbokun | |
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How Bronze Castings Were Made at Benin | |
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Onugbo and Oko | |
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Three Isoko Songs from Ilue Ologbo | |
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The Ekoi People of the Calabar Coast | |
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Obassi Nsi and Obassi Osaw | |
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How the First Rain Came | |
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How the Moon First Came Into the Sky | |
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How all the Stars Came | |
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How the Rivers First Came on Earth | |
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The Egbo Secret Society | |
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How the First Egbo Image Came | |
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How the Efik Learned to Cook Their Meat | |
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An Efik Lamentation | |
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The Feast | |
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Brass Casting Among the Bamum | |
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Some Cameroon Sayings in Pidgin English | |
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The Journey of the Afo-A-Kom | |
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The Origin of the Kom Kingdom | |
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The A-Mbundu of Angola | |
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Mbundu Human Tales: Kings, Hunters and Heroes | |
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King Kitamba Kia Xiba | |
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The Young Man and the River | |
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Kingungu a Njila and Ngundu a Ndala | |
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Two Men, One Woman | |
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A Father-In-Law and His Son-In-Law | |
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The Young Man and the Skull | |
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The White Man and the Negro | |
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The Past and the Future | |
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Squirrel and the Kingship | |
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Dog and the Kingship | |
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Dog and Lizard | |
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Dog and Jackal | |
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The House-Hog and the Wild Boar | |
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Partridge and Turtle | |
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Lion and Wolf | |
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Frog and His Two Wives | |
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Dinianga Dia Ngombe and Deer | |
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Nzambi and Nzambi Mpungu | |
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The Bird Messengers | |
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Nzambi Mpungu's Ambassador | |
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Who Beats Nzambi's Drum? | |
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Nchonzo Nkila's Dance Drum | |
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Nzambi's Daughter and Her Slave | |
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The Creation of Lake Bosa | |
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How the Spider Won and Lost Nzambi's Daughter | |
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Litigation Among the Fiote People | |
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Litigation Among the Bambala | |
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Mnemonics for a Yombe Song | |
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The Mwindo Epic | |
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Some Songs of the Luba People | |
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The Supreme Deity of the Luba | |
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How I Shall Be Admired | |
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The Story of Mukana-Lwewo | |
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Teachings of the Chagga Elders | |
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Nothing on Earth Is Cleverer Than the Female Sex | |
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We Are Little Snails Who Seek Refuge Behind the Fronds of the Banana Tree | |
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Chiefs Are Like the Rain | |
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Eating Alone Brings Ruin | |
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The Head of a Man Is a Hiding Place, a Receptacle | |
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Some Traditions and Stories of the Ganda | |
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The First King of Uganda | |
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The Legend of Kintu | |
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Mpobe and Death | |
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Ndyakubi and Ndalakubi | |
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Some Proverbs and Sayings of the Ganda | |
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How the Mountains and Rivers Were Made | |
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Wanjiru, Sacrificed By Her People | |
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The Lost Sister | |
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Mukunga M'Bura | |
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The Making of Iron Among the Kikuyu People | |
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Music Among the Bongo | |
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Schweinfurth Gets to See the Akka Pygmies | |
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A Song of the Twa Pygmies of Rwanda | |
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Some Literary Traditions of the Southern Bantu | |
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Origin of the Tsonga or Shangaan People | |
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Some Customs and Traditions of the Tsonga or Shangaan People | |
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Shangaan Children's Activities | |
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Storytelling Among the Shangaan | |
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The Adventures of Papaju | |
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The Story of Xikhibana | |
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Tendejuva the Handsome | |
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Shinangana's Chronology | |
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The Origin of the Venda People | |
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How Phuti Became a Totem of the Tswana People | |
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Much Searching Disturbs Things That Were Lying Still | |
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Some Tswana Proverbs | |
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A Xhosa Reproves a Missionary | |
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How God Distributed Property | |
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The Story of Umkxakaza-Wakogingqwayo | |
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The King's Child and Ubongopa-Kamagadhlela | |
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Uncama-Ngamanzi-Egudu's Journey to the Other World | |
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The Man Who Threw Away His Bread | |
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How the Zulu Experience Sympathy Through the Navel | |
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Some Zulu Riddles | |
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News from Zululand | |
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Fragments of the Zulu Past in Song | |
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The Hemp Smoker and the Hemp Grower | |
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Shona Walking Song | |
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The Bushmen and the Hottentots | |
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The Coming of the Sun in the Sky | |
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The Son of the Wind | |
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The Wind in the Form of a Bird | |
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The Lion's Dwelling Place | |
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The Cloud-Eaters | |
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The Fish-Stealers | |
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A Nama Woman Married to an Elephant | |
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The Horse Cursed by the Sun | |
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The Origin of Death | |
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Some Eastern Cattle Peoples | |
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The Tutsi of Rwanda and Burundi | |
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The Hunting Ritual of Tutsi Kings | |
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Royal Drums of the Tutsi | |
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Ibabazabahizi | |
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Abagombozi Poetry of the Tutsi | |
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Gihilihili: The Snake-Person | |
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Some Masai Myths and Traditions | |
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How the Masai Got Their Cattle | |
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Why Man Dies and Does Not Live Again | |
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How the Masai Split Off from Other People | |
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The Sun and the Moon | |
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The Stars | |
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Sunrise and Sunset | |
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The Rainbow | |
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Comets | |
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Sheet Lightning | |
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The Story of the Flocks and the Rain and the Sun | |
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The Story of the Night and Day | |
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Earthquakes | |
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Volcanoes and Steam Jets | |
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Origin of the Lumbwa People | |
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The Giraffe Hunters | |
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The Nuer and God | |
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Dialogues With Europeans | |
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Ethiopian Beginnings: The Axumite Empire | |
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The Queen of Sheba Legend: The Founding of the Solomonic Dynasty | |
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How Makeda Visited Jerusalem, and How Menelik Became King | |
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Another Account of the Queen of Sheba | |
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Menelik's Return to Axum, and How He Became King | |
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The Ten Churches of Lalibela | |
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A Proclamation of Menelik II | |
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The Sense of What Is Just: Five Ethiopian Tales | |
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The Donkey Who Sinned | |
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The Goats Who Killed the Leopard | |
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The Judgment of the Wind | |
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Fire and Water, Truth and Falsehood | |
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Justice | |
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Four Poems from the Amharic | |
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Myths and Legends of the Mensa Bet-Abrehe | |
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Creation and Death | |
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The Rom, a Race of Giants | |
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How the Giants Disappeared | |
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Certain Years As They Are Remembered in Mensa Bet-Abrehe Tradition | |
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Philosophical and Proverbial Sayings of the Mensa, and the Tales from Which They Derived | |
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The Two Donkey Owners | |
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The Prophet and the Hyena | |
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The Proverb of Adeg Wad Fedel | |
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God's Gift to Children | |
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A Proverb Made by the Ad Takles People | |
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The Leopard in His Old Age | |
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The Debbi | |
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The Descent of Mount Gadam | |
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Dannas and His Slave | |
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The Heway Snake | |
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The Poison of the Chameleon | |
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The Tail of the Wolf | |
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Historical Recollections of the Mensa | |
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The Fight at Balqat | |
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The Battle of Sangera | |
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Kantebay Sallim and Ali Wad Mao | |
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How the Game of Fersit Is Played | |
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Three Laments of the Mensa Bet-Abrehe | |
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The Somali and Swahili | |
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Ogge Ben Onogh | |
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The Battle of Eghal Shillet | |
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The Lion's Share | |
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Adventures of Abunuwas, Somali Hero | |
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The Story of Liongo | |
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Poem of Liongo | |
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A Swahili Poet of Mombasa | |
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Swahili Dance Song | |
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Excerpt from a United Nations Report on Bride Price | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |