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John William Johnson, John D. Galuska
Publikováno v:
Research in African Literatures. 38:34-40
It is not surprising that the legend of the Vanishing Hitchhiker is found in Africa. It is one of the most persistent and widespread urban legends in the world today, as will become obvious in the bibliography that follows. This work was completed wi
Autor:
John William Johnson
Publikováno v:
Research in African Literatures. 38:24-33
The first possible variant of the urban legend The Vanishing Hitchhiker occurs in Acts 8: 26-40 with the conversion of an "Ethiopian" by the hitchhiking apostle Philip. More recent variants in the Gambia and Somalia exhibit a different plot, but reta
Autor:
John William Johnson
Publikováno v:
Journal of African Cultural Studies. 18:119-136
Events in the Somali regions on the Horn of Africa beginning with the establishment of the U.N. Trusteeship Territory of Somalia under Italian Administration in 1950 and culminating with the introduction of a written orthography for Somali in 1972 an
Autor:
John William Johnson
Publikováno v:
Northeast African Studies. 2:7-30
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The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 37:366
Autor:
Stephen Belcher, Stephen Bulman, John William Johnson, Bassirou Dieng, Thomas A. Hale, Lilyan Kesteloot
Publikováno v:
African Studies Review. 42:34
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The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 31:470
It seems incredible that heretofore there has not been an introductory anthology of African epics presented in English. Western culture traces its literary heritage to such well-known epics as the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" and "Gilgamesh". But is onl
Publikováno v:
African Arts. 20:78