The Mwindo Epic from the Banyanga

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ISBN-10: 0520379802
ISBN-13: 9780520379800
Publisher: University of California Press
Publish Date: 01/19/2021
Dimensions: 7.80" L, 5.10" W, 0.70" H

The Mwindo Epic from the Banyanga

Edited byDaniel Biebuyck
Editor: Kahombo C Mateene

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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.

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"This book is a must for students of literature about Africa."–Jan Vansina, "American Anthropologist"
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Details

ISBN-10: 0520379802
ISBN-13: 9780520379800
Publisher: University of California Press
Publish Date: 01/19/2021
Dimensions: 7.80" L, 5.10" W, 0.70" H
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