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African Myths of Origin
Av Stephen Belcher, Stephen Belcher
Häftad, 2005
179 kr
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Gathering a wide range of traditional African myths, this compelling new collection offers tales of heroes battling mighty serpents and monstrous birds, brutal family conflict and vengeance, and desperate migrations across vast and alien lands. From impassioned descriptions of animal-creators to …
African Myths of Origin
Av Stephen Belcher, Stephen Belcher
E-bok, 2005
125 kr
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Gathering a wide range of traditional African myths, this compelling new collection offers tales of heroes battling mighty serpents and monstrous birds, brutal family conflict and vengeance, and desperate migrations across vast and alien lands. From impassioned descriptions of animal-creators to …
Corpus of Early Accounts of the Sunjata Epic, 1889-1959
Av Bulman, Stephen Bulman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
1514 kr
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The Sunjata epic is a foundational oral narrative for Manding populations of West Africa and claims to describe the origins of the famed medieval empire of Mali. It is both a historical source and an artistic creation of West African oral specialists, the griots (jèliw). Despite its importance, the …
Oral Epics from Africa
Vibrant Voices from a Vast Continent
Av John William Johnson, Thomas A. Hale m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
283 kr
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"The editors . . . must be congratulated . . . Long live the African storytellers!" —Africa Today"It is difficult to imagine a more practical introduction to contemporary African epic than this anthology . . . no other single volume comprehends the full scope of African epic (as opposed to praise …
Epic Traditions of Africa
Häftad, 1999
281 kr
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"Belcher's volume contains a much needed and extremely well-integrated overview and discussion of a vast inter-related West African culture complex that deserves and requires the kind of original, insightful treatment it receives here." —David ConradEpic Traditions of Africa crosses boundaries of …
Golden Secret of Kri Koro
E-bok, 2021
206 kr
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A thousand years ago in west Africa, a hero stopped a sacrifice. He cut off the head of a monster, the head flying into the air. But the Soninke princess was not saved: she was caught in an unfulfilled ritual. She was lost, immortal and unrecognized. A thousand years later a Bamana peasant boy fled …
