Edited Series

2023. Lee Haring. Folktales of Mayotte, an African Island. Vol. 10 of Oral Literature Series. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers. ISBN 9781805110040.

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2017. Li Dechun (李得春, Limusishiden), and Gerald Roche. Long Narrative Songs from the Mongghul of Northeast Tibet: Texts in Mongghul, Chinese, and English. Vol. 8 of Oral Literature Series. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers. ISBN 9781783743834.

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Xiipúktan 2013. George Bryant. Xiipúktan (First of All): Three Views of the Origins of the Quechan People. Linguistic work by Amy Miller. Vol. 5 of Oral Literature Series. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers. ISBN 9781909254404.
Ibonia-front-cover 2013. Lee Haring. How to Read a Folktale: The ‘Ibonia’ Epic from Madagascar. Vol. 4 of Oral Literature Series. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers. ISBN 9781909254060.

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  2013. Robert Cancel. Storytelling in Northern Zambia: Theory, Method, Practice and Other Necessary Fictions. Vol. 3 of Oral Literature Series. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers. ISBN 9781909254596.

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2013. Mark Turin (series editor), Claire Wheeler, and Eleanor Wilkinson, eds. Oral Literature in the Digital Age: Archiving Orality and Connecting with Communities. Vol. 2 of Oral Literature Series. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers. ISBN 9781909254305 & 9781909254312. [190 pages]

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2012. Ruth Finnegan. Oral Literature in Africa. Vol. 1 of Oral Literature Series. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers. 614 pages. ISBN 9781906924706. [614 pages]

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Click here to read a review of the book in the Journal of African Cultural Studies.