A dynamic translation of the timeless African epic.
The feats of the hero Mwindo are glorified in this epic work, sung and
narrated in a Bantu language and acted out by a member of the Nyanga
tribe in the remote forest regions of what is now the Democratic
Republic of the Congo. Beautifully structured and richly poetic, the
epic is in prose form, interspersed with song and proverbs in verse. As
an example of the classic tradition of oral folk literature, the tale
provides profound insights into the social structure, values, and
cosmology of this African people.