Gassire's Lute
Subtitle: a West African epic
By: translation, adaptation and essay by Alta Jablow ; illustrations by Leo and Diane Dillon.
Contributors: Dillon, Leo.; Dillon, Diane.
Publisher: Waveland Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Prospect Heights, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 62
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.