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Major versus Minor? – Languages and Literatures in a Globalized World
Edited by Theo D’haen, Iannis Goerlandt and Roger D. Sell
[FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures 1] 2015
► pp. 157–170

From Black Athena to Black Dionysus and Beyond?

African Adaptations of Greek Tragedy

Published online: 1 October 2015
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