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  1. Introduction
  2. Isidore Okpewho
  3. pp. vii-xxi
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.vii
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  1. Is African Oral Literature Literature ?
  2. Leif Lorentzon
  3. pp. 1-12
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.1
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  1. "I am the hunter who kills elephants and baboons": The Autobiographical Component of the Hunters' Chant
  2. Adetayo Alabi
  3. pp. 13-23
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.13
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  1. The Vanishing Hitchhiker in Africa
  2. John William Johnson
  3. pp. 24-33
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.24
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  1. The Vanishing Hitchhiker: Bibliographic References
  2. John D. Galuska, John William Johnson
  3. pp. 34-40
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.34
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  1. The Merits and Predicaments of Opacity: Poetic Strategies of Evasion and Resistance
  2. Anette Hoffmann
  3. pp. 41-59
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.41
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  1. The TRC Women's Hearings as Performance and Protest in the New South Africa
  2. Annalisa Oboe
  3. pp. 60-76
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.60
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  1. "Hady": A Traditional Bard's Praise Song for an Urban Teenager
  2. Tal Tamari
  3. pp. 77-111
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.77
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  1. Griot with Attitude: Maryse Condé's The Last of the African Kings and New World Narrative Order
  2. Chiji Ako̥ma
  3. pp. 112-121
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  1. Oral Literature, Aesthetic Transfer, and Social Vision in Two Yoruba Video Films
  2. Akíntúndé Akínyẹmí
  3. pp. 122-135
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.122
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  1. Revitalizing the Oral Tradition: Stories Broadcast by Radio Parana (San, Mali)
  2. Cécile Leguy, R. H. Mitsch
  3. pp. 136-147
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.136
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  1. "From a sweet-smelling mouth to a well-tuned ear": Testimony on the Diffusion of the Repertory of a Zarma Jasare in Niger
  2. Sandra Bornand, R. H. Mitsch
  3. pp. 148-154
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.148
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  1. Some Propositions for Norms of Preservation and Fixation of African Literature
  2. Jean Derive, R. H. Mitsch
  3. pp. 155-161
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.155
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  1. Publishing and Hypermedia
  2. Anne-Marie Dauphin-Tinturier
  3. pp. 162-169
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.162
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  1. Preservation or Mummification? The Implications of Subjecting Traditional Texts to Modern Processes
  2. Oyekan Owomoyela
  3. pp. 170-182
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.170
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Review Essay

  1. Globalization, Knowledge, and the Limits of (Inter)disciplinarity
  2. David Murphy
  3. pp. 183-188
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Book Reviews

  1. Memory, Empire, and Postcolonialism: Legacies of French Colonialism (review)
  2. Carine Bourget
  3. pp. 189-190
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.189
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  1. Still Beating the Drum: Critical Perspectives on Lewis Nkosi (review)
  2. Daniel P. Kunene
  3. pp. 190-192
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.190
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  1. The World in an Orange: Creating Theatre with Barney Simon (review)
  2. Loren Kruger
  3. pp. 192-193
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  1. Politics of the Female Body: Postcolonial Women Writers of the Third World (review)
  2. Elleke Boehmer
  3. pp. 194-195
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.194
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  1. Body, Sexuality, and Gender: Versions and Subversions in African Literature, Volume 1 (review)
  2. Abena P. A. Busia
  3. pp. 195-197
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.195
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  1. V. Y. Mudimbe et la ré-invention de l'Afrique: poétique et politique de la décolonisation des sciences humaines (review)
  2. Michael Syrotinski
  3. pp. 197-198
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.197
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  1. Cinema and Social Discourse in Cameroon (review)
  2. Emmanuel Yewah
  3. pp. 199-201
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  1. Utopian Generations: The Political Horizons of Twentienth-century Literature (review)
  2. Simon Gikandi
  3. pp. 201-202
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.201
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  1. Yoruba Proverbs (review)
  2. Adéléke Adéè̳kó̳
  3. pp. 202-205
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  1. Relocating Agency: Modernity and African Letters (review)
  2. Michael J. C. Echeruo
  3. pp. 205-207
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.205
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  1. Ecritures et mythes: L'Afrique en questions (review)
  2. Kasereka Kavwahirehi
  3. pp. 208-209
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  1. Nyarloka's Gift: The Writing of Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye (review)
  2. Emilia Ilieva, Lennox Odiemo-Munara
  3. pp. 209-211
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.209
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  1. Postcolonial Images: Studies in North African Film (review)
  2. Denise Brahimi
  3. pp. 211-212
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.211
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  1. A Pepper-pot of Cultures: Aspects of Creolization in the Caribbean (review)
  2. A. James Arnold
  3. p. 213
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  1. Léopold Sédar Senghor und der afrikanische Aufbruch im 20. Jahrhundert (review)
  2. Flora Veit-Wild
  3. pp. 214-215
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.214
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  1. Our Mothers, Our Powers, Our Texts: Manifestations of Àjé in Africana Literature (review)
  2. Oyekan Owomoyela
  3. pp. 215-216
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.215
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  1. Essais sur les cultures en contact (review)
  2. Abiola Irele
  3. pp. 216-219
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  1. Passing and the Rise of the African American Novel, and: Charles Johnson's Fiction, and: Rap Music and Street Consciousness (review)
  2. Joseph McLaren
  3. pp. 219-222
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  1. Arrest the Music! Fela and His Rebel Art and Politics (review)
  2. Bode Omojola
  3. p. 223
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.223
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  1. The African Studies Companion (review)
  2. Loyd G. Mbabu
  3. p. 224
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  1. Soyinka: Blackout, Blowout, and Beyond— Satirical Revue Sketches (review)
  2. Obi Maduakor
  3. pp. 225-226
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Errata

  1. Errata
  3. pp. 227-228
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