The Mwindo Epic from the Banyanga by Edited by Daniel Biebuyck & Edited by Kahombo C Mateene
Brand: University of California Press
Product Description
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. show more
Condition : New
Author : Edited By Daniel Biebuyck Edited By Kahombo C Mateene
Weight : 214
Publisher : University Of California Press
Language : English
EAN : 9780520379800
ISBN10 : 0520379802
Format : Paperback Softback
Date of Publication : 20221018
Place of Publication : United States
Pagination : 168 Pages
Dimensions : 197 X 128 X 15