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Review published In: Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Vol. 32:1 (2017) ► pp.186–193

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Thompson & Koroma, (Eds), 2014. Krio Dictionary and Phrasebook and Umarr Kamarah & Jones, (Eds), 2013. Beg Sɔl Nɔba Kuk Sup: An Anthology of Krio Poetry

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Published online: 23 June 2017
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  • Krio Dictionary and Phrasebook by Hanne-Ruth Thompson and Momoh Taziff Koroma
  • Beg Sɔl Nɔba Kuk Sup: An Anthology of Krio Poetry. By Sheikh Umarr Kamarah & Marjorie Jones (eds.)
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