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Gassire's Lute: A West African Epic
by Jablow, Alta (Translated and adapted by)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. "To dearest Mabel with love from M, Sept '77", "May Sarton", above. Ne
- ISBN 10
- 0525303553
- ISBN 13
- 9780525303558
- Seller
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Newport, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
New York.: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1971. First edition. Stated 1st.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. "To dearest Mabel with love from M, Sept '77", "May Sarton", above. Near fine jacket w/ light blemishing.. Dillon, Leo (Illustrated by), and Dillon, Diane (Illustrated by).. 1 Text in English, German. 47 p. 24 cm. Block print artwork. Audience: General/trade. A 17th century (circa) legend from the Sudan of West Africa, a tale of wars and heroes. This survives from an earlier greater epic, "The Dausi", sung or chanted by the bards of Diaru of the Soninke people. Accompanied by drumming or a calabash guitar, it tells of Gassire. a warrior son who renounced his noble birth, becoming the first Soninke bard. The city-state of Wagadu is the setting.
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- Seller
- Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- Alibris.Fk0010468
- Title
- Gassire's Lute: A West African Epic
- Author
- Jablow, Alta (Translated and adapted by)
- Illustrator
- Dillon, Leo (Illustrated by), and Dillon, Diane (Illustrated by).
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. "To dearest Mabel with love from M, Sept '77", "May Sarton", above. Ne
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. Stated 1st.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0525303553
- ISBN 13
- 9780525303558
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Sudan of West Africa|Soninke people|first Soninke bard|city-state of Wagadu
- Bookseller catalogs
- Folklore;
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