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Revisiting the charade at the gravesite

By TED MALANDA

KENYA: I was tickled to no end to discover, by accident, that some scholars had quoted yours truly in an academic publication on culture and death in West Africa. I laughed because it seems I have written extensively on funerals. They so fascinate me.

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