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.
| ISBN: | 9780520379800 |
| Publication date: | 12th February 2021 |
| Author: | Daniel Biebuyck, Kahombo C Mateene |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 168 pages |
| Series: | World Literature in Translation |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural anthropology General Fiction Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales |