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The oral history and literature of the Wolof people of Waalo, northern Senegal : the master of the word (griot) in the Wolof tradition
- Title
- The oral history and literature of the Wolof people of Waalo, northern Senegal : the master of the word (griot) in the Wolof tradition / Samba Diop.
- Author
- Diop, Papa Samba.
- Publication
- Lewiston, N.Y. : E. Mellen Press, c1995.
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- Description
- 389 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- African studies ; v. 36
- Uniform Title
- African studies (Lewiston, N.Y.) ; v. 36.
- Subjects
- Note
- "The epic tale that constitutes the core of this study is the first attempt of a literary reconstruction of the foundation myth of the Wolof, the myth of Njaajaan Njaay as performed by a griot, Sèq Ñan ... The second text with which this study is concerned is a genealogy of the rulers of Waalo, also from the lips of Sèq Ñan"--Introd.
- English, French, and Wolof.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p.[357]-389).
- Call Number
- Sc E 96-102
- ISBN
- 0773490310 (hbk.)
- 0889461759 (series)
- LCCN
- 94038898 //r95
- OCLC
- 31291433
- Author
- Diop, Papa Samba.
- Title
- The oral history and literature of the Wolof people of Waalo, northern Senegal : the master of the word (griot) in the Wolof tradition / Samba Diop.
- Imprint
- Lewiston, N.Y. : E. Mellen Press, c1995.
- Series
- African studies ; v. 36African studies (Lewiston, N.Y.) ; v. 36.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p.[357]-389).
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 96-102