LEADER 00000cam a2200661Ia 4500 001 ocn457224705 003 OCoLC 005 20160527040450.1 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 091020s2009 ilu ob 000 0 eng d 019 856870338 020 9781441623447|q(electronic book) 020 1441623442|q(electronic book) 020 9780809386383|q(e-book) 020 0809386380 020 9780809386383 020 |z9780809328420|q(alkaline paper) 020 |z0809328429|q(alkaline paper) 035 (OCoLC)457224705|z(OCoLC)856870338 040 N$T|beng|epn|cN$T|dYDXCP|dOCLCQ|dE7B|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ|dCOO|dP @U|dOCLCF|dOCLCQ|dNLGGC|dEBLCP|dOCLCQ 041 1 eng|hmul 049 RIDW 050 4 PR9346|b.B46 2009eb 072 7 LIT|x004120|2bisacsh 082 04 821/.00803543096|222 082 04 820|222 090 PR9346|b.B46 2009eb 245 00 Bending the bow :|ban anthology of African love poetry / |cedited by Frank M. Chipasula. 264 1 Carbondale :|bSouthern Illinois University Press,|c[2009] 264 4 |c©2009 300 1 online resource (xv, 285 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 500 Some poems originally written in English, some translated from various African languages. 504 Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 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. 520 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. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 Love poetry, African (English)|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2008009678 650 0 Love poetry, African|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh97003659|vTranslations into English.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001577 650 7 Love poetry, African (English)|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/1747121 650 7 Love poetry, African.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1002818 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 Translations.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423791 700 1 Chipasula, Frank Mkalawile.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n83163824 776 08 |iPrint version:|tBending the bow.|dCarbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2009|z9780809328420 |z0809328429|w(DLC) 2008052583|w(OCoLC)283802751 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=291606|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d201606016|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID