Die Dichtung der Afrikaner: hamburgische Vorträge

by Carl Meinhof

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First edition

Berlin: Buchhandlung der Berliner ev. Missionsgesellschaft, 1911. First edition. Softcover. Large octavo. 178, 2 pp. Original printed wrappers. Published by Carl Meinhof, one of the founders of African linguistics, this collection of eight lectures deals with various genres of African oral literature. In 1911, this work was the first academic study of African literature ever published in Germany. Wrappers sunned along edges,

• Binding: Softcover

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