Corpus of early accounts of the Sunjata epic, 1889-1959:

"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...

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Weitere Verfasser: Bulman, Stephen P. D. (HerausgeberIn), Belcher, Stephen P. 1953- (ÜbersetzerIn), Vydrin, Valentin Feodosʹevič 1961- (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
French
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2023
Ausgabe:First edition
Schriftenreihe:Fontes historiae Africanae [new series], 23
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Zusammenfassung:"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 epic is known to Anglophone non-specialists only through a handful of accounts published after 1960. Corpus of Early Accounts of the Sunjata Epic, 1889-1959 presents twenty understudied versions of the epic, recorded during the colonial period, that are not easily accessible. Previously published in French and German colonial periodicals, here these sources are translated into English, each with a scholarly introduction, allowing the reader to appreciate each version's context and purpose."
Beschreibung:"Published for The British Academy by Oxford University Press"
Includes translations from the French and Manding
Beschreibung:xvii, 389 Seiten Karten 24 cm
ISBN:9780197267387