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.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
Folk literature, African
Epic poetry, African
Nyanga (African people)
Nyanga language
Nyanja literature
Folklore
Texts
Translations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • The Nyanga
  • Nyanga Oral Literature
  • The Narrator, Mr. Shé-Kári¸si¸ Candi Rureke
  • The Mwindo Epic
  • The System of Transcription
  • Notes About the Translation
  • The Mwindo Epic
  • Index

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