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		<title>Patrick R. McNaughton.  A Bird Dance Near Saturday City: Sidi Ballo and the Art of West African Masquerade</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patrick R. McNaughton.  A Bird Dance Near Saturday City: Sidi Ballo and the Art of West African Masquerade.  Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2008.  Pp. xvii+300, photographs, notes, index.  $65.00 cloth, $24.95 paper. Nichole Tramel Indiana University Patrick McNaughton’s work, A Bird Dance Near Saturday City: Sidi Ballo and the Art of West African Masquerade, chronicles [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=folkloreforum.net&#038;blog=2501981&#038;post=986&#038;subd=folkloreforum&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So, What Is the Story Behind This Name?: Royal Praise-Poetry As an Oral Mythic Narrative</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, What Is the Story Behind This Name?: Royal Praise-Poetry As an Oral Mythic Narrative Abdulai Salifu Indiana University Abstract The Dagomba praise singing genre of northern Ghana employs figurative language to recapture historical events in the political life of the people. A reigning chief occupies a central, pivotal position in the daily life of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=folkloreforum.net&#038;blog=2501981&#038;post=190&#038;subd=folkloreforum&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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