Old Wives' Tales Pbdirect

Old Wives' Tales Pbdirect
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 229
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ISBN-13 : 9781000939019
ISBN-10 : 1000939014
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Download or read book Old Wives' Tales Pbdirect written by Iris Andreski and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of tales of life histories of 26 elderly women from Ibiboland. It obtains a first-hand record of the pattern of life and banishes the myth of primitivity of the African by illustrating the complexity of conversational language of peasants and market women.


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