Gassire's Lute : a West African epic
Title:
Gassire's Lute : a West African epic
Author:
Jablow, Alta, author, translator.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., [1971]
©1971
Physical Description:
47 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 25 cm
Summary:
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.
General Note:
Based on the German text, Spielmannsgeschichten der Sahel from Leo Frobenius' Atlantis (1921-28) v. 6.
Designed by Hilda Scott.
Language:
English
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ISBN:
9780525303558
Format :
Book
