Program

Research Programs: Basic Research

Period of Performance

5/1/1972 - 6/30/1972

Funding Totals

$4,210.00 (approved)
$4,210.00 (awarded)


Mede Oral Literature

FAIN: RO-11265-72

Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3800)
Marion D. Kilson (Project Director: May 1972 to present)

To support a brief follow-up study of Mende oral literature in Sierra Leone, Africa before completing a monograph on more than 100 vernacular texts and Englilsh transcriptions of Mende folktales.