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Corpus of early accounts of the Sunjata epic, 1889-1959 / edited by Stephen Bulman, Stephen Belcher, Valentin Vydrin ; translations from French by Stephen Belcher ; translations from Manding by valentin Vydrin.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Fontes historiae Africanae. Sources of African history ; 23.
- British Academy scholarship online.
- Fontes historiae Africanae. Sources of African history ; 23
- British Academy scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Keita, Soundiata, -1255.
- Keita, Soundiata.
- Legends--Mali.
- Legends.
- Mandingo (African people)--Folklore.
- Mandingo (African people).
- Mali (Empire)--Folklore.
- Mali (Empire).
- Mythology.
- Manners and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 389 pages) : illustrations (color), maps (color).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2024.
- Language Note:
- Text in English, partially translated from the French and German.
- Summary:
- The Corpus enables in-depth study of the coherence of and variation within the Sunjata epic oral tradition. It presents a rich evocation of this still-living performance tradition during almost the entirety of the Western Sudan's turbulent period of European colonial control, from the late 1880s to 1959.
- Notes:
- Title from online title page (viewed on February 27, 2024).
- This edition previously issued in print: 2023.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9780198910398
- 0198910398
- OCLC:
- 1415749062
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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