An Abiku-Ogbanje atlas: A pre-text for rereading Soyinka's Aké and Morrison's Beloved

African American Review

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 663-678

  Ogunyemi, Chikwenye Okonjo ^a  

^a SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 60950726684     PISSN: 10624783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1512424     Document Type: Article

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