Bending the bow : an anthology of African love poetry /

From the ancient Egyptian inventors of the love lyric to contemporary poets, Bending the Bow: An Anthology of African Love Poetry gathers together both written and sung love poetry from Africa. This anthology is a work of literary archaeology that lays bare a genre of African poetry that has been ov...

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Other Authors: Chipasula, Frank Mkalawile
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
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Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2009.
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Summary:From the ancient Egyptian inventors of the love lyric to contemporary poets, Bending the Bow: An Anthology of African Love Poetry gathers together both written and sung love poetry from Africa. This anthology is a work of literary archaeology that lays bare a genre of African poetry that has been overshadowed by political poetry. Frank Chipasula has assembled a historically and geographically comprehensive wealth of African love poetry that spans more than three thousand years. By collecting a continent's celebrations and explorations of the nature of love.
Item Description:EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America
Project MUSE Universal EBA Ebooks
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 285 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781441623447
1441623442
9780809386383
0809386380
1282138839
9781282138834
9786613808134
661380813X