African folklore
By: Richard M. Dorson.
Edition: 1st Midland book ed.
Series: A Midland book -- MB-220
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 587
Subjects: Folklore -- Africa.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Part I.; value: Part I. -- R.M. Dorson -- Part II. Papers of the African Folklore Conference; value: Part I. -- R.M. Dorson -- Part II. Papers of the African Folklore Conference -- Philip A. Noss -- Two Benin storytellers / -- Dan Ben-Amos; value: Part I. -- R.M. Dorson -- Part II. Papers of the African Folklore Conference -- Philip A. Noss -- Two Benin storytellers / -- Dan Ben-Amos -- Harold Scheub; value: Part I. -- R.M. Dorson -- Part II. Papers of the African Folklore Conference -- Philip A. Noss -- Two Benin storytellers / -- Dan Ben-Amos -- Harold Scheub -- William Bascom; value: Part I. -- R.M. Dorson -- Part II. Papers of the African Folklore Conference -- Philip A. Noss -- Two Benin storytellers / -- Dan Ben-Amos -- Harold Scheub -- William Bascom -- Sayyid Hamid Hurreiz; value: Part I. -- R.M. Dorson -- Part II. Papers of the African Folklore Conference -- Philip A. Noss -- Two Benin storytellers / -- Dan Ben-Amos -- Harold Scheub -- William Bascom -- Sayyid Hamid Hurreiz -- Lee Haring; value: Part I. -- R.M. Dorson -- Part II. Papers of the African Folklore Conference -- Philip A. Noss -- Two Benin storytellers / -- Dan Ben-Amos -- Harold Scheub -- William Bascom -- Sayyid Hamid Hurreiz -- Lee Haring -- L.A. Boadi; value: Part I. -- R.M. Dorson -- Part II. Papers of the African Folklore Conference -- Philip A. Noss -- Two Benin storytellers / -- Dan Ben-Amos -- Harold Scheub -- William Bascom -- Sayyid Hamid Hurreiz -- Lee Haring -- L.A. Boadi -- Carol M. Eastman; value: Part I. -- R.M. Dorson -- Part II. Papers of the African Folklore Conference -- Philip A. Noss -- Two Benin storytellers / -- Dan Ben-Amos -- Harold Scheub -- William Bascom -- Sayyid Hamid Hurreiz -- Lee Haring -- L.A. Boadi -- Carol M. Eastman -- Ayodele Ogundipe; value: Part I. -- R.M. Dorson -- Part II. Papers of the African Folklore Conference -- Philip A. Noss -- Two Benin storytellers / -- Dan Ben-Amos -- Harold Scheub -- William Bascom -- Sayyid Hamid Hurreiz -- Lee Haring -- L.A. Boadi -- Carol M. Eastman -- Ayodele Ogundipe -- Bernth Lindfors; value: Part I. -- R.M. Dorson -- Part II. Papers of the African Folklore Conference -- Philip A. Noss -- Two Benin storytellers / -- Dan Ben-Amos -- Harold Scheub -- William Bascom -- Sayyid Hamid Hurreiz -- Lee Haring -- L.A. Boadi -- Carol M. Eastman -- Ayodele Ogundipe -- Bernth Lindfors -- Mona Fikry-Atallah; value: Part I. -- R.M. Dorson -- Part II. Papers of the African Folklore Conference -- Philip A. Noss -- Two Benin storytellers / -- Dan Ben-Amos -- Harold Scheub -- William Bascom -- Sayyid Hamid Hurreiz -- Lee Haring -- L.A. Boadi -- Carol M. Eastman -- Ayodele Ogundipe -- Bernth Lindfors -- Mona Fikry-Atallah -- Daniel Biebuyck; value: Part I. -- R.M. Dorson -- Part II. Papers of the African Folklore Conference -- Philip A. Noss -- Two Benin storytellers / -- Dan Ben-Amos -- Harold Scheub -- William Bascom -- Sayyid Hamid Hurreiz -- Lee Haring -- L.A. Boadi -- Carol M. Eastman -- Ayodele Ogundipe -- Bernth Lindfors -- Mona Fikry-Atallah -- Daniel Biebuyck -- Charles Bird; value: Part I. -- R.M. Dorson -- Part II. Papers of the African Folklore Conference -- Philip A. Noss -- Two Benin storytellers / -- Dan Ben-Amos -- Harold Scheub -- William Bascom -- Sayyid Hamid Hurreiz -- Lee Haring -- L.A. Boadi -- Carol M. Eastman -- Ayodele Ogundipe -- Bernth Lindfors -- Mona Fikry-Atallah -- Daniel Biebuyck -- Charles Bird -- Daniel P. Kunene; value: Part I. -- R.M. Dorson -- Part II. Papers of the African Folklore Conference -- Philip A. Noss -- Two Benin storytellers / -- Dan Ben-Amos -- Harold Scheub -- William Bascom -- Sayyid Hamid Hurreiz -- Lee Haring -- L.A. Boadi -- Carol M. Eastman -- Ayodele Ogundipe -- Bernth Lindfors -- Mona Fikry-Atallah -- Daniel Biebuyck -- Charles Bird -- Daniel P. Kunene -- Joel Adedeji; value: Part I. -- R.M. Dorson -- Part II. Papers of the African Folklore Conference -- Philip A. Noss -- Two Benin storytellers / -- Dan Ben-Amos -- Harold Scheub -- William Bascom -- Sayyid Hamid Hurreiz -- Lee Haring -- L.A. Boadi -- Carol M. Eastman -- Ayodele Ogundipe -- Bernth Lindfors -- Mona Fikry-Atallah -- Daniel Biebuyck -- Charles Bird -- Daniel P. Kunene -- Joel Adedeji -- James W. fernandez -- Part III. Texts of African folklore -- The Sudan :; value: Part I. -- R.M. Dorson -- Part II. Papers of the African Folklore Conference -- Philip A. Noss -- Two Benin storytellers / -- Dan Ben-Amos -- Harold Scheub -- William Bascom -- Sayyid Hamid Hurreiz -- Lee Haring -- L.A. Boadi -- Carol M. Eastman -- Ayodele Ogundipe -- Bernth Lindfors -- Mona Fikry-Atallah -- Daniel Biebuyck -- Charles Bird -- Daniel P. Kunene -- Joel Adedeji -- James W. fernandez -- Part III. Texts of African folklore -- The Sudan : -- collected by Sayyid Hurreiz -- Liberia :; value: Part I. -- R.M. Dorson -- Part II. Papers of the African Folklore Conference -- Philip A. Noss -- Two Benin storytellers / -- Dan Ben-Amos -- Harold Scheub -- William Bascom -- Sayyid Hamid Hurreiz -- Lee Haring -- L.A. Boadi -- Carol M. Eastman -- Ayodele Ogundipe -- Bernth Lindfors -- Mona Fikry-Atallah -- Daniel Biebuyck -- Charles Bird -- Daniel P. Kunene -- Joel Adedeji -- James W. fernandez -- Part III. Texts of African folklore -- The Sudan : -- collected by Sayyid Hurreiz -- Liberia : -- collected by Jangaba Johnson and Bai T. Moore -- Ghana :; value: Part I. -- R.M. Dorson -- Part II. Papers of the African Folklore Conference -- Philip A. Noss -- Two Benin storytellers / -- Dan Ben-Amos -- Harold Scheub -- William Bascom -- Sayyid Hamid Hurreiz -- Lee Haring -- L.A. Boadi -- Carol M. Eastman -- Ayodele Ogundipe -- Bernth Lindfors -- Mona Fikry-Atallah -- Daniel Biebuyck -- Charles Bird -- Daniel P. Kunene -- Joel Adedeji -- James W. fernandez -- Part III. Texts of African folklore -- The Sudan : -- collected by Sayyid Hurreiz -- Liberia : -- collected by Jangaba Johnson and Bai T. Moore -- Ghana : -- by Mona Fikry-Atallah -- Mali :; value: Part I. -- R.M. Dorson -- Part II. Papers of the African Folklore Conference -- Philip A. Noss -- Two Benin storytellers / -- Dan Ben-Amos -- Harold Scheub -- William Bascom -- Sayyid Hamid Hurreiz -- Lee Haring -- L.A. Boadi -- Carol M. Eastman -- Ayodele Ogundipe -- Bernth Lindfors -- Mona Fikry-Atallah -- Daniel Biebuyck -- Charles Bird -- Daniel P. Kunene -- Joel Adedeji -- James W. fernandez -- Part III. Texts of African folklore -- The Sudan : -- collected by Sayyid Hurreiz -- Liberia : -- collected by Jangaba Johnson and Bai T. Moore -- Ghana : -- by Mona Fikry-Atallah -- Mali : -- collected by Charles Bird -- Cameroun :; value: Part I. -- R.M. Dorson -- Part II. Papers of the African Folklore Conference -- Philip A. Noss -- Two Benin storytellers / -- Dan Ben-Amos -- Harold Scheub -- William Bascom -- Sayyid Hamid Hurreiz -- Lee Haring -- L.A. Boadi -- Carol M. Eastman -- Ayodele Ogundipe -- Bernth Lindfors -- Mona Fikry-Atallah -- Daniel Biebuyck -- Charles Bird -- Daniel P. Kunene -- Joel Adedeji -- James W. fernandez -- Part III. Texts of African folklore -- The Sudan : -- collected by Sayyid Hurreiz -- Liberia : -- collected by Jangaba Johnson and Bai T. Moore -- Ghana : -- by Mona Fikry-Atallah -- Mali : -- collected by Charles Bird -- Cameroun : -- collected by Philip A. Noss -- Gabon :; value: Part I. -- R.M. Dorson -- Part II. Papers of the African Folklore Conference -- Philip A. Noss -- Two Benin storytellers / -- Dan Ben-Amos -- Harold Scheub -- William Bascom -- Sayyid Hamid Hurreiz -- Lee Haring -- L.A. Boadi -- Carol M. Eastman -- Ayodele Ogundipe -- Bernth Lindfors -- Mona Fikry-Atallah -- Daniel Biebuyck -- Charles Bird -- Daniel P. Kunene -- Joel Adedeji -- James W. fernandez -- Part III. Texts of African folklore -- The Sudan : -- collected by Sayyid Hurreiz -- Liberia : -- collected by Jangaba Johnson and Bai T. Moore -- Ghana : -- by Mona Fikry-Atallah -- Mali : -- collected by Charles Bird -- Cameroun : -- collected by Philip A. Noss -- Gabon : -- collected by James W. Fernandez -- South Africa :; value: Part I.-- R.M. Dorson-- Part II. Papers of the African Folklore Conference-- Philip A. Noss -- Two Benin storytellers /-- Dan Ben-Amos-- Harold Scheub-- William Bascom-- Sayyid Hamid Hurreiz-- Lee Haring-- L.A. Boadi-- Carol M. Eastman-- Ayodele Ogundipe-- Bernth Lindfors-- Mona Fikry-Atallah-- Daniel Biebuyck-- Charles Bird-- Daniel P. Kunene-- Joel Adedeji-- James W. fernandez-- Part III. Texts of African folklore-- The Sudan :-- collected by Sayyid Hurreiz-- Liberia :-- collected by Jangaba Johnson and Bai T. Moore-- Ghana :-- by Mona Fikry-Atallah-- Mali :-- collected by Charles Bird-- Cameroun :-- collected by Philip A. Noss-- Gabon :-- collected by James W. Fernandez-- South Africa :-- collected by Harold Scheub.; value: Dorson, R. M. Africa and the folklorist.; value: Papers of the African Folklore Conference.; value: Texts of African folklore.