THE MWINDO EPIC FROM THE BANYANGA (ZAIRE)
by Biebuyck, Daniel and Kahombo C. Mateene, editors
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- Condition
- Fine in glossy wrappers.
- ISBN 10
- 0520020499
- ISBN 13
- 9780520020498
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Berkeley, CA:: University of California Press,, (1989, c 1969). Fine in glossy wrappers.. Trade paperback. An example of oral folk literature, this epic, sung and narrated in a Bantu language and acted out by a member of the Nyanga tribe in the remote forest regions of eastern Zaire, celebrated the feats of Mwindo. It is here presented in prose form, interspersed with song and proverbs in verse, and translated by the editors. Included is the original Nyanga text. Extensive footnotes, index. viii, 213 pp.
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- Title
- THE MWINDO EPIC FROM THE BANYANGA (ZAIRE)
- Author
- Biebuyck, Daniel and Kahombo C. Mateene, editors
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in glossy wrappers.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0520020499
- ISBN 13
- 9780520020498
- Publisher
- University of California Press,
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA:
- Date Published
- (1989, c 1969)
- Keywords
- oral literature, literature in translation,
- Bookseller catalogs
- African Literature;
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