Uniform Title Mwindo (Nyanga folk epic). English Title The Mwindo epic from the Banyanga / edited and translated by Daniel Biebuyck and Kahombo C. Mateene

Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 156 pages) 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 Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 06, 2022) SUBJECT Mwindo (Nyanga folk epic) Subject 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 Genre/Form Folklore Texts Translations Form Electronic book Author Biebuyck, Daniel P., 1925-2019, editor, translator. Mateene Kahombo, editor, translator. ISBN 9780520384637 0520384636

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