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ERIC ED012826: PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE ON AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES HELD AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (EVANSTON, APRIL 28-30, 1966).

THE PAPERS THAT WERE PRESENTED AT A CONFERENCE HELD IN APRIL 1966 ARE REPRODUCED, AND AN EDITED TRANSCRIPT OF THE DISCUSSION THAT AROSE FROM THE PAPERS IS INCLUDED. THE PAPERS PRESENTED IN THE THREE SESSIONS WERE--(1) AFRICAN STUDIES IN THE UNITED STATES, (2) AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE AS A DEGREE SUBJECT IN GREAT BRITAIN, (3) AFRICAN FOLKLORE STUDIES AT BERKELEY, (4) TALE, TELLER, AND AUDIENCE IN AFRICAN SPOKEN NARRATIVE, (5) AFRICAN TRADITIONAL NON-PROSE FORMS--RECITING, DECLAIMING, SINGING, AND STROPHIC STRUCTURE, (6) VERNACULAR LITERATURE IN AFRICAN LANGUAGE TEACHING, (7) CANONS OF C…