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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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