The Mwindo Epic from the Banyanga (World Literature in Translation)

Description: 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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EAN: 9780520379800

UPC: 9780520379800

ISBN: 9780520379800

MPN: N/A

Author: Daniel Biebuyck (Edited by)

Book Title: The Mwindo Epic from the Banyanga (World Literatur

Item Height: 1.8 cm

Item Length: 19.8 cm

Item Weight: 0.27 kg

Item Width: 13 cm

Language: Eng

Publisher: University of California Press