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The Mwindo Epic from the Banyanga

The Mwindo Epic from the Banyanga

Kahombo C. Mateene
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The feats of the hero Mwindo are here glorified in the bilingual text of an epic which was 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. Admirably structured, coherent, and richly poetic, the epic is in prose form, interspersed with song and proverbs in verse. An example of the classic tradition of oral folk literature, the tale has important implications for the comparative study of African culture, as the text provides profound insights into the social structure, value system, linguistics, and cosmology of this African people.
Language
English
Pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publisher
University of California Press
Release
November 02, 1989
ISBN
0520020499
ISBN 13
9780520020498

The Mwindo Epic from the Banyanga

Kahombo C. Mateene
0/5 ( ratings)
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The feats of the hero Mwindo are here glorified in the bilingual text of an epic which was 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. Admirably structured, coherent, and richly poetic, the epic is in prose form, interspersed with song and proverbs in verse. An example of the classic tradition of oral folk literature, the tale has important implications for the comparative study of African culture, as the text provides profound insights into the social structure, value system, linguistics, and cosmology of this African people.
Language
English
Pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publisher
University of California Press
Release
November 02, 1989
ISBN
0520020499
ISBN 13
9780520020498

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