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Blacking, John. 1959a. "Fictuous Kinship amongst Girls of the Venda of Northern Transvaal." Man 243:1-4.

Blacking, John. 1961. "The Social Value of Venda Riddles." African Studies 20: 1-32.

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Blacking, John. 1963. "Letter to the Editor." African Music 3(2):60.

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Blacking, John. 1965b. "The Role of Music in the Culture of the Venda of Northern Transvaal." In M. Kolinski, ed., Studies in Ethnomusicology, vol. 2, pp.20-52. New York: Oak Publications.

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Blacking, John. 1973b. How Musical is Man? Seattle: University of Washington Press.

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