Gassire's Lute
Subtitle: a West African epic.
By: Translated and adapted by Alta Jablow. Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon.
Contributors: Dillon, Leo, illus.; Dillon, Diane, illus.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: E. P. Dutton
Published: 1971
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Folklore -- Africa, West.
Description: An epic poem from the West African Sudan recounts the fall of the city-state of Wagadu due to a noble warrior's vanity and determination to become his people's first bard.
Notes: Based on the German text in L. Frobenius' Atlantis (1921-28) v. 6.