The Ancestors' beads Crosscurrent

"A special issue" -- cover Cover title Editor's first name mispelled on cover Includes bibliographical references Formulaic opening and ending for Igbo folktales / Chidi Ikonné -- Lullabies and the art of traditional babysitting / Ebele Eko -- Julius Chongo's adaptation of Nyanja Nthano to the radio / Ernst Wendland -- The ideophone poems of Dogobadomo / Philip A. Noss -- Oral tradition and social change in contemporary Africa / Kofi Agovi -- To be seen and to be heard : translating oral poetry / Kofi Anyidoho