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Sisókó, Fa-Digi : The Epic of Son-Jara - A West African Tradition
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Notes, translation, and new introduction by John William Johnson.
African Epic Series.
This 750-year-old epic celebrates the exploits of the legendary founder of the Empire of Old Mali. It constitutes a virtual social, political, and cultural charter and embodies deep-rooted aspects of Mande cosmology. The fully annotated translation is accompanied by an introduction that provides a historical and contextual framework for understanding the recitation of this African epic.
African Epic Series.
This 750-year-old epic celebrates the exploits of the legendary founder of the Empire of Old Mali. It constitutes a virtual social, political, and cultural charter and embodies deep-rooted aspects of Mande cosmology. The fully annotated translation is accompanied by an introduction that provides a historical and contextual framework for understanding the recitation of this African epic.
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category: | Books > Foreign Language Books > Books in English > |
category: | Books > Ethnography > |
publisher: | Indiana University Press, (1992) |
item number / ISBN: | 9780253207135 |
binding: | paperback |
pages: | XI, 148 |
language: | English |