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THE EPIC OF SUMANGURU KANTE - The Epic of Sumanguru Kante. Narrated by Abdulaye Sako, edited by Stephen P. D. Bulman and Valentin F. Vydrine. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2017. Pp. 172. $80.00, paperback (ISBN: 978-90-04-34796-0); $80.00, e-book (ISBN: 978-90-04-34933-9).
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The Epic of Sumanguru Kante. Narrated by Abdulaye Sako, edited by Stephen P. D. Bulman and Valentin F. Vydrine. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2017. Pp. 172. $80.00, paperback (ISBN: 978-90-04-34796-0); $80.00, e-book (ISBN: 978-90-04-34933-9).
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