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Roger Abrahams

Author of African Folktales

Includes the names: Roger D. Abrahams, Professor Roger Abrahams

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1933-06-12
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USA
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (birth)
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, USA
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
New York, New York, USA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Education
Cheltenham High School, Elkins Park
Swarthmore College (B.A. ∙ English ∙ 1955)
Columbia University (M.A. ∙ Literature and Folklore ∙ 1959)
University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D. ∙ Literature and Folklore ∙ 1961)
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educator
folklorist
teacher (University of Texas ∙ Dept. of English)
professor (english ∙ University of Texas at Austin)
professor (anthropology ∙ University of Texas at Austin)
Relationships
Abrahams, Robert D. (father)
Abrahams, Florence Kohn (mother)
Leach, MacEdward (professor)
Organizations
University of Texas Center of Intercultural Studies in Folklore and Oral History (Associate Director)
African and Afro-American Research Institute (director)
Department of English, University of Texas at Austin (chairman)
Center for Folklore and Ethnography, University of Pennsylvania (director)
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