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The Mwindo Epic from the Banyanga

The Mwindo Epic from the Banyanga - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Daniel Biebuyck (Editor), Kahombo C. Mateene (Editor)Series:World Literature in TranslationPublish date:2021-01-19Pages:168
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520379800ISBN-10:520379802UPC:9780520379800Book Category:Social Science, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Anthropology, AfricanBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:7.80 x 5.10 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SC8MYF00KN

A dynamic translation of the timeless African epic.

The feats of the hero Mwindo are glorified in this epic work, sung and narrated in a Bantu language and acted out by a member of the Nyanga tribe in the remote forest regions of what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Beautifully structured and richly poetic, the epic is in prose form, interspersed with song and proverbs in verse. As an example of the classic tradition of oral folk literature, the tale provides profound insights into the social structure, values, and cosmology of this African people.

Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520379800ISBN-10:520379802UPC:9780520379800Book Category:Social Science, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Anthropology, AfricanBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:7.80 x 5.10 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SC8MYF00KN
Daniel Biebuyck was H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Anthropology and the Humanities at the University of Delaware.

Kahombo C. Mateene was Head of the Division of Language Policy of the Organization of African Unity / Center for Linguistic and Historical Studies by Oral Tradition.
Publisher: University of California Press

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Daniel Biebuyck (Editor), Kahombo C. Mateene (Editor)

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