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Singing with the Dogon Prophet

Singing with the Dogon Prophet

Walter E. A. van Beek, Oumarou S. Ongoiba, Atimè D. Saye — 2022
As one of their great figures, the Dogon of Mali honor Abirɛ, a singer and prophet from the nineteenth century who composed the principal mourning songs. This book examines how these prophecies and songs form a poignant expression of ethnic Dogon philosophy.
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