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As a child, Laura Ingalls Wilder traveled across the prairie in a covered wagon. Her daughter, Rose, thought those stories might make a good book, and the two c
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Names are very powerful and significant, especially in the African context. Across societies, there is a universal, albeit taken-for-granted fact that all human
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The Journal of American Folklore
Language: en
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Categories: Folklore
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