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    The Last Kobzari
    The Last Kobzari
    The Last Kobzari
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    The Last Kobzari

    By Omar Drake

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    Kobzari, or "those who play the kobza", were once itinerant, usually blind, Ukrainian minstrels whose purpose was to preserve the Ukraine's rich oral folklore. Thanks to the vile machinations of Stalin, they have become all but a foot note of a shadow in history.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOmar Drake
    Release dateDec 22, 2013
    ISBN9781311196040
    The Last Kobzari
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    Omar Drake

    I write like my life depends on it, because in many ways, it does.

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