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A Hero by any Name - The Epic of Son-Jara: A West African Tradition. Analytical study and translation by John William Johnson; text by Fa-Digi Sisàkò. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1986. Pp. xii + 242. $35.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2009

David Conrad
David Conrad
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State University of New York, Oswego
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The Journal of African History , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , November 1987 , pp. 438 - 440
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