Myth and legend in urban oral memory: Bulawayo, 1930–60

Journal of Postcolonial Writing

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-88

  Ranger, Terence ^a  

^a Oriel College Oxford   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulawayo; Makokoba; Memory; Orality; Transformation; Urban legend

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859334319     PISSN: 17449855     EISSN: 17449863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17449850701820863     Document Type: Article

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