

INTRODUCTION The Continent of Africa Most Africanists, and most Africans, consider the continent of Africa and its peoples as a whole and comprehensive entity.

William Bascom, Richard Bauman, Alan Dundes, Henry Glassie, John McDowell, Alan Merriam, John C.Messenger, and Roy SieberĪppendix : African Studies Centers and Libraries in the USA and AfricaĪppendix : Field and Broadcast Sound Recording Collections at the Indiana University Archives of Traditional Music (ATM) Appendix : FilmographyĪppendix : Sample of Earlier Dissertations and Theses on African Folklore At 1101 U.S. ISBN 5-5 (Adobe e-Reader Format) ISBN 3-X (Print Edition) Africa-Social life and customs-Encyclopedias. Includes bibliographical references and index. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data African folklore: an encyclopedia/Philip M.Peek and Kwesi Yankah, editors. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. ” Copyright © 2004 by Philip M.Peek and Kwesi Yankah.

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This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. Board of Editorial Consultants Dan Ben-Amos University of Pennsylvania † Daniel Crowley † Gerald Davis Ruth Finnegan The Open University (UK) Rachel Fretz University of California, Los Angeles Micheline Galley Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France) Veronika Görög-Karady Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France) Lee Haring Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (Emeritus) Harold Schueb University of Wisconsin Ruth Stone Indiana UniversityĮditorial Staff Development Editor: Kristen Holt Production Editor: Jeanne Shu Editorial Assistant: Mary Funchion Published in 2004 by Routledge 29 West 35th Street New York, NY 10001–2299 Published in Great Britain by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane London EC4P 4EE Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books, Inc.
