THE MWINDO EPIC FROM THE BANYANGA (ZAIRE) by Biebuyck, Daniel…

THE MWINDO EPIC FROM THE BANYANGA (ZAIRE) by Biebuyck, Daniel and Kahombo C. Mateene, editors. < >

THE MWINDO EPIC FROM THE BANYANGA (ZAIRE)

Edition: Trade paperback.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (1989, c 1969). 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. ISBN: 0-520020499.

Condition: Fine in glossy wrappers.

Book ID: 83981
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