The Mwindo epic from the Banyanga /

The Mwindo epic from the Banyanga /

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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 structur...

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Other Authors: Biebuyck, Daniel P., 1925-2019 (Editor, Translator), Mateene Kahombo (Editor, Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Bantu
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Mwindo (Nyanga folk epic)
Epic poetry, Nyanga > Translations into English.
Folk literature, Nyanga > Translations into English.
Epic poetry, African > Translations into English.
Folk literature, African > Translations into English.
Nyanga language > Versification.
Nyanga language > Texts.
Nyanja literature.
Nyanga (African people) > Folklore.
Folklore
Texts
Translations
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