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The Book of Mwana Kupona
The Book of Mwana Kupona The Swahili poetess Mwana Kupona binti Mshamu composed Utendi wa Mwanakupona (“The Book of Mwana Kupona”) for her teenage daughter, Mwana Hashima binti Sheikh, around 1858. I...
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Extracts from The Sundjata Epic
Extracts from The Sundjata Epic Three extracts from different versions of the Sundjata epic, which is as yet the best known and most widely admired of African epics. Sundjata is a historical figure (h...
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Oriki Egba
Oriki Egba A modern praise-poem by Amore David Olamide, in praise of the Egba (Yorùbá people who migrated into Egba Forest before establishing new townships around Olumo Rock) and their heroic ancesto...
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The Legend of Liyongo
The Legend of Liyongo Liyongo, the national hero of the Swahili people, lived in the area of the delta of the Tana River, north of Mombasa. His father, ruler of the city-state of Shaka, had two sons —...
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Introduction to African epics
Introduction to African epics No anthology of African oral poetry would be complete without some extracts from African epics. Yet no epic can properly be represented by an extract. The epic is by far ...
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Shaka
Shaka Three extracts from the long Zulu Praise-Poem about Shaka, the Zulu king. Shaka succeeded Dingiswayo as head of the Zulu clan in 1818; by the time of his assassination by Dingane in 1828, he had...