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Gassire's lute; a West African epic. Translated and adapted by Alta Jablow. Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon.

Title: Gassire's lute; a West African epic. Translated and adapted by Alta Jablow. Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon.
Author: Jablow, Alta.
Publication: New York, Dutton [1971]

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Description

47 p. col. illus., col. map.; 25 cm.

Subject

Folklore > Africa, West

Note

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.
Based on the German text in L. Frobenius' Atlantis (1921-28) v. 6.

Call Number

Sc 398.22-J (Jablow, A. Gassire's lute)

LCCN

70133119

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Author

Jablow, Alta.

Title

Gassire's lute; a West African epic. Translated and adapted by Alta Jablow. Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon.

Imprint

New York, Dutton [1971]

Edition

[1st ed.]

Added Author

Dillon, Leo. Illustrator

Dillon, Diane. Illustrator

Research Call Number

Sc 398.22-J (Jablow, A. Gassire's lute)