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A Special World of Time: Lived Myths of the Bayaka Pygmies of Central Africa

Speaker(s)
Jerome Lewis
Description

This will be an evening of hilarious and entrancing story-telling. Having spent many years living with the Bayaka Pygmies of Central Africa, Jerome Lewis describes the experienced narrators of his magical tales as larger-than-life characters actively participating inside their own myths.

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Spring 2016 Mythology as a window into other worlds

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