Review of Phillip D. Curtin, Africa Remembered: Narratives by West Africans from the Era of Slave Trade

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African History
African Languages and Societies
Cultural History
Folklore
Near and Middle Eastern Studies
Oral History
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It has long been evident that folklore research in literate societies cannot rely exclusively on oral tradition but must incorporate data found in written sources as well. Now, indirectly, Phillip Curtin illustrates the applicability of the same methodological principle to folklorisitc investigation in traditionally nonliterate societies.

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1970-07-01
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Western Folklore
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