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ii Publisher: LangaaResearchandPublishingCommonInitiativeGroup P.O. Box 902 Mankon Bamenda North West Province Cameroon Langaagrp@gmail.com www.langaapublisher.com ISBN: 9956-558-11-7© Peter Wuteh Vakunta 2008 First Published 2008 iii Dedication To Ma of blessed memory, for her gift of storytelling [18.116.24.105] Project MUSE (2024-04-25 00:10 GMT) iv Acknowledgement am intellectually indebted to the custodians of folklore and indigenous knowledge in the grassfields of the Republic of Cameroon. Special thanks go to my mother, Na Mbiayuh, who instilled the desire for learning in me from the cradle. I wish to express my sincere gratitude to all those who share my deep conviction that African oral literatures are on the brink of extinction and need to be preserved in print for posterity. As Malian writer Amadou Hampâté Bâ, points out,”En Afrique, quand un vieillard meurt, c’est une bibliothèque qui brûle” [In Africa, when an old man dies, it’s a library burning.] (1960 at UNESCO) I ...

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