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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 | |