Oral literature, aesthetic transfer, and social vision in two Yoruba video films

Research in African Literatures

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 122-135

  Akinyemi, Akintunde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 62749142621     PISSN: 00345210     EISSN: 15272044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/RAL.2007.38.3.122     Document Type: Article

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