Thomas A. Hale
Thomas A. Hale holds the Liberal Arts Professorship in African, French, and Comparative Literature at the Pennsylvania State University. He studies West African epic and griots, both of which are addressed in his Griots and Griottes: Masters of Words and Music (1998).
Articles by Thomas A. Hale
From the Griot of Roots to the Roots of Griot: A New Look at the Origins of a Controversial African Term for Bard
Volume 12, Issue 2 (October, 1997)Oral Tradition in the Context of Verbal Art
Volume 18, Issue 1 (March, 2003)
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