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Jackson, Michael, 1940– author.
Harmattan : a philosophical fiction / Michael Jackson.
pages cm. — (Insurrections)
ISBN 978-0-231-17234-9 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-231-17235-6 (e-book) — ISBN 978-0-231-53905-0 (e-book)
1. Kuranko (African people—Social life and customs. 2. Kuranko (African people)—Folklore. 3. Ethnology—Sierra Leone. 4. Jackson, Michael, 1940– —Travel—Sierra Leone. 5. Philosophical anthropology. I. Title. II. Series: Insurrections.
DT516.45.K85J29 2015
128—dc23
2014034074
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