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Die Macht des Wortes: Preisgesang und Berufmusiker bet den Fulbe des Diamaré (Nordkamerun) By Veit Erlmann. Hohenschäftlern: Klaus Rentier Verlag1980. ix, 326 p., maps, tables, musical transcriptions. (Studien zur Musik afrikas, Band 1). n.p.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2011

K. A. Gourlay
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School of Oriental and African Studies

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Africa , Volume 51 , Issue 4 , October 1981 , pp. 890 - 891
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Copyright © International African Institute 1981

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