Nina Pawlak, Ewa Siwierska, Izabela Will (eds.), Hausa and Chadic Studies in Honour of Professor Stanisław Piłaszewicz, Warsaw: Dom Wydawniczy Elipsa, 2014, 271 pp.
Journal Title: Studies in African Languages and Cultures - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 48
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Review of the book "Hausa and Chadic Studies in Honour of Professor Stanisław Piłaszewicz" by Nina Pawlak, Ewa Siwierska and Izabela Will
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