Vol. 44 No. 2 (1996)
Research Article

Afro-American Personal Naming Traditions

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  • Kerrigan Black
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1179/nam.1996.44.2.105

Published 1996-06-01

Copyright (c) 1996 Maney

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