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008			130303s1979 nyu g b 001 0 eng d
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050		0	_aPL8010.4 _b.O37 1979
100	1		_aOkpewho, Isidore.
245	1	4	_aThe epic in Africa : _btoward a poetics of the oral performance / _cIsidore Okpewho.
260			_aNew York : _bColumbia University Press, _c1979.
300			_axvii, 288 p. ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [271]-279) and index.
650		0	_aOral tradition _zAfrica.
650		0	_aFolk songs, African _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aEpic poetry, African _xHistory and criticism.
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999			_c27031 _d27031