African oral epic poetry
Subtitle: praising the deeds of a mythic hero
By: 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
Contributors: Bird, Charles S. (Charles Stephen), 1935-; Koita, Mamadou; Soumaoro, Bourama; Kamara, Seyidu
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lewiston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780773440876
Subjects: Oral tradition; Mandingo poetry; Translations into English; Heroes; Mandingo Epic poetry; Griots; Mythology; African Epic poetry
Notes: Published in 2012, with Pointer rather than Byrd credited as translator, under the title: A translation into English of the epic of Kambili (an African mythic hero).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-294) and index.

English, with English translation from Mandingo.
Table of contents: title: Some background on the epic; title: Griots and griottes : composers and performers; title: Kambili and history; title: The hero of the epic; title: Poet and accompanists; title: Modes and methods of composition in Kambili; title: Praise songs, traditional religion and Islam; title: Birth, tasks and triumph of Kambili; title: In praise of Kambili Sananfila; title: The story : a synopsis; title: The epic of Kambili.