عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
PL8491.7 .P65 2013
PL8491
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7
.
P65
2013
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0773440879
(Number (ISBN
9780773440876
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b414425
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
African oral epic poetry :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
praising the deeds of a mythic hero /
First Statement of Responsibility
by Fritz H. Pointer ; with a translation of The epic of Kambili (as recited by Seydou Camara) ; translated from Mande into English by Charles S. Bird, with Mamadou Koita and Bourama Soumaoro ; with a foreword by Daniel Kunene
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Lewiston :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Edwin Mellen Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2012
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiv, 301 p. ;
Dimensions
24 cm
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Published in 2012, with Pointer rather than Bird credited as translator, under the title: A translation into English of the epic of Kambili (an African mythic hero)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Some background on the epic -- Griots and griottes : composers and performers -- Kambili and history -- The hero of the epic -- Poet and accompanists -- Modes and methods of composition in Kambili -- Praise songs, traditional religion and Islam -- Birth, tasks and triumph of Kambili -- In praise of Kambili Sananfila -- The story : a synopsis -- The epic of Kambili
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TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Epic poetry, African
Epic poetry, Mandingo
Griots-- Africa, West
Heroes-- Mythology-- Africa, West
Mandingo poetry, Translations into English
Oral tradition-- Africa, West
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
PL8491
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7
Book number
.
P65
2013
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Pointer, Fritz H
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Bird, Charles S., (Charles Stephen),1935-
Koita, Mamadou
Pointer, Fritz H.
Soumaoro, Bourama
Kamara, Seyidu.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20121204232844.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
