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Language: en
Pages: 166
Pages: 166
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992-08-22 - Publisher: Indiana University Press
" . . . a major addition to the literature on oral traditions." —Journal of Religion in Africa This 750-year-old epic celebrates the exploits of the legendary
Language: en
Pages: 360
Pages: 360
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-10-30 - Publisher: Indiana University Press
The epic of Son-Jara (also known as Sunjata or Sundiata) celebrates the exploits of the legendary founder of the Empire of Old Mali and is still widely recited
Language: en
Pages: 360
Pages: 360
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-04-22 - Publisher: Indiana University Press
It seems incredible that heretofore there has not been an introductory anthology of African epics presented in English. Western literary culture has long emphas
Language: en
Pages: 160
Pages: 160
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-10-07 - Publisher: Penguin UK
Sunjata Keita was the founder of one of the greatest empires of Western Africa. These two epic accounts of his life portray a greedy, slow-witted child - said t
Language: en
Pages: 116
Pages: 116
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-05-04 - Publisher: Penguin UK
A child is born who will overthrow a king... After the leader of a great African kingdom hears that a baby has been born who will destroy him, he hides behind a