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The Mwindo Epic from the Banyanga
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2021
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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 structured and richly poetic, the epic is in prose form, interspersed with song and proverbs in verse. As an example of the classic tradition of oral folk literature, the tale provides profound insights into the social structure, values, and cosmology of this African people.
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Contributor: Daniel Biebuyck
Daniel Biebuyck was H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Anthropology and the Humanities at the University of Delaware.
Kahombo C. Mateene was Head of the Division of Language Policy of the Organization of African Unity / Center for Linguistic and Historical Studies by Oral Tradition.
Kahombo C. Mateene was Head of the Division of Language Policy of the Organization of African Unity / Center for Linguistic and Historical Studies by Oral Tradition.
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Frontmatter
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Preface
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Contents
ix - Introduction
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The Nyanga
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Nyanga Oral Literature
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The Narrator, Mr. Shé-Kári¸si¸ Candi Rureke
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The Mwindo Epic
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The System of Transcription
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Notes About the Translation
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The Mwindo Epic
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Index
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April 6, 2021
eBook ISBN:
9780520384637
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