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The Heart of the Ngoni : heroes of the African kingdom of Segu / by Harold Courlander with Ousmane Sako.
- Title
- The Heart of the Ngoni : heroes of the African kingdom of Segu / by Harold Courlander with Ousmane Sako.
- Publication
- New York : Crown, c1982.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | AFR. SUDAN H 351 | Off-site |
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- Description
- vii, 178 p. : map; 24 cm.
- Summary
- This is the first English language collection of heroic narratives taken from the oral tradition of the Bambara, one of the most important tribes in Western Africa and the founders of the kingdom of Segu, a group of city-states that existed in the seventeenth century along the Upper Niger river.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Folklore
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 177-178.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The dawning of Segu -- Ngolo Diara, who became a king of Segu --Bassadjalan Zambele and the heroes of Kala -- Sokufo Seriba, a djeli of Segu -- Da Djera and Da Monzon against Samaniana Bassi -- Da Monzon against Chiaro Mamari -- Sekuruna Toto's proposal to Da Monzon -- The epic of Rakaridjan Kone, a hero of Segu -- In praise of Malamini Sinsani -- Diuladjan Biabi, a Soninke hero of Kiban -- Tuba's last effort against Kiban.
- ISBN
- 051754637X
- LCCN
- ^^^81015105^
- OCLC
- 7923885
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library