TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vansina,Jan
TI  - Oral tradition as history
SN  - 0299102149
AV  - D16 .V2784 1985
U1  - ARCH YNDC 907 V279O  19
PY  - 1985///
CY  - Wisconsin
PB  - The University of Wisconsin Press 
KW  - Oral tradition
KW  - History
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Africa
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-245) and index; Oral tradition as process -- Performance, tradition, and text -- Getting the message -- The message is a social product -- The message expresses culture -- Tradition as information remembered -- Oral tradition assessed
N2  - A comprehensive study of the importance of oral tradition of various ancient societies to the work and research of students and scholars of history, anthropology, folklore, and ethno-history
ER  -