Oral Epics from Africa
Subtitle: Vibrant Voices from a Vast Continent (African Epics Series)
Contributors: John William Johnson (Editor); Thomas A. Hale (Editor); Stephen Paterson Belcher (Editor)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: March 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780253211101
Subjects: Folklore; Oral history; Literary Criticism; Sociology; Literature: Folklore/Mythology; Africa; Africa - General; Customs & Traditions; Short Stories (Anthologies); African; Epic literature, African
First sentence: THESE EXCERPTS ARE FROM TWO NARRATIVES about the rise and fall of the Ghana Empire, known locally as Wagadu because the first city was the home of the Wago, one of the three main peoples who claim descent from the empire and the group that is most closely associated with its founding.