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  • THE MWINDO EPIC FROM THE BANYANGA (ZAIRE) by Biebuyck, Daniel and Kahombo C. Mateene, editors.
    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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  • Swann, Brian, editor.
    COMING TO LIGHT: Contemporary Translations of the Native Literatures of North America.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - An extensive compilation of the stories, songs, legends, ceremonies and prayers gathered from Native American literatures, and arranged by tribe and in seven geographical sections. Peter Matthiessen calls this "a fine anthology and an essential introduction to American Indian oral literature." Each selection includes an introduction - sometimes extensive - by the translator placing the work in its historical and cultural context. A beautiful book. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. Index. xlvi, 801 pp. Dust jacket painting 'Sing to Emerge' by David Montana (Papago). ISBN: 0-679-418164.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 37220
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