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    Ancestral Memories
    Ancestral Memories
    Ancestral Memories
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    Ancestral Memories

    By Soyinka I. Ogunbusola

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    This collection of writings Ancestral Memories was influenced by the cultural experience and connection to these particular locations where physical psychological and spiritual atrocities have occurred for centuries. The writings of Ancestral Memories was artfully crafted in a Poetic art form for the descendants of the Diaspora, so the stories of the ancestors may be heard beyond the world of spirits.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateDec 28, 2005
    ISBN9781462842476
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