The Mwindo Epic from the Banyanga

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.

Author: Daniel Biebuyck
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 01/19/2021
Series: World Literature in Translation
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780520379800