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Title Bending the bow : an anthology of African love poetry / edited by Frank M. Chipasula.

Publication Info. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 285 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note Some poems originally written in English, some translated from various African languages.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Cover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The African Names of Love; Anonymously Written Ancient Egyptian Love Poems; Traditional Love Songs; Modern and Contemporary Love Poems; Credits; Contributors; Back Cover.
Summary From the ancient Egyptian inventors of the love lyric to contemporary poets, Bending the Bow: An Anthology of African Love Poetry gathers together both written and sung love poetry from Africa. This anthology is a work of literary archaeology that lays bare a genre of African poetry that has been overshadowed by political poetry. Frank Chipasula has assembled a historically and geographically comprehensive wealth of African love poetry that spans more than three thousand years. By collecting a continent's celebrations and explorations of the nature of love.
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Subject Love poetry, African (English)
Love poetry, African (English)
Love poetry, African -- Translations into English.
Love poetry, African.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Translations.
Added Author Chipasula, Frank Mkalawile.
Other Form: Print version: Bending the bow. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2009 9780809328420 0809328429 (DLC) 2008052583 (OCoLC)283802751
ISBN 9781441623447 (electronic book)
1441623442 (electronic book)
9780809386383 (e-book)
0809386380
9780809386383
9780809328420 (alkaline paper)
0809328429 (alkaline paper)