| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 156 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Nyanga -- Nyanga Oral Literature -- The Narrator, Mr. Shé-Kári¸si¸ Candi Rureke -- The Mwindo Epic -- The System of Transcription -- Notes About the Translation -- The Mwindo Epic -- Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mwindo (Nyanga folk epic)
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Epic poetry, Nyanga -- Translations into English.
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Folk literature, Nyanga -- Translations into English.
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Epic poetry, African -- Translations into English.
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Folk literature, African -- Translations into English.
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Nyanga language -- Versification.
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Nyanga language -- Texts.
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Nyanja literature.
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Nyanga (African people) -- Folklore.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social. |
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Folk literature, African |
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Epic poetry, African |
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Nyanga (African people) |
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Nyanga language |
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Nyanja literature |
| Genre/Form |
Folklore
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Texts
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Translations
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| Added Author |
Biebuyck, Daniel P., 1925-2019, editor, translator.
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Mateene Kahombo, editor, translator.
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| Added Title |
Mwindo (Nyanga folk epic). English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780520379800 0520379802 (OCoLC)1149375219 |
| ISBN |
9780520384637 electronic book |
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0520384636 electronic book |
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9780520379800 |
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0520379802 |
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