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001 94038898
003 DLC
005 20030724200019.0
008 940923s1995 nyua b 000 0 eng
010 $a 94038898
020 $a0773490310 (hbk.)
020 $a0889461759 (series)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
041 0 $aengfrewol
043 $af-sg---
050 00 $aGR352.72.W64$bD56 1995
082 00 $a398.2/09663$220
100 1 $aDiop, Samba,$d1957-
245 14 $aThe oral history and literature of the Wolof people of Waalo, northern Senegal :$bthe master of the word (griot) in the Wolof tradition /$cSamba Diop.
260 $aLewiston, N.Y. :$bE. Mellen Press,$cc1995.
300 $a389 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aAfrican studies ;$vv. 36
500 $a"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.
500 $aEnglish, French, and Wolof.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.[357]-389).
650 0 $aFolk literature, Wolof.
650 0 $aWolof (African people)$xFolklore.
650 0 $aWolof (African people)$xHistory.
650 0 $aOral tradition$zSenegal.
650 0 $aFolklore$zSenegal$xPerformance.
650 0 $aGriots$zSenegal.
830 0 $aAfrican studies (Lewiston, N.Y.) ;$vv. 36.
856 42 $3Book review (H-Net)$uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0a5o2-aa