Ousmane Sako (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Printing. DJ has some light fading around the edges, and some scuffing. DJ has some light chipping at the top of the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. (1982), stated First Edition, Near Fine/Near Fine dj, octavo, 178pp., red boards hardcover, bright gold lettering on black cloth backstrip, excellent unclipped ($11.95) dj, binding tight, text unmarked.

1982/1994. Africa. University of Massachusetts Press. 178p., very good paperback.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Remainder mark on the pages' bottom edge, else a clean, tight, unmarked, fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Large, sturdy book, blue cloth spine, red boards, remainder mark at pages' bottom edge, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 178 pages. DJ glossy and colorfully designed in blue and yellow pattern to front borders, blue at center front with black map and red showing Segu in West Africa, pale yellow spine, white borders to back with a photo of author. DJ has microtear at top back ege. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Used - Very Good.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. vii, 178pp, sketch map showing location of Kingdom of Segu, selective glossary, selected background readings. Prev owner's signature with date by the upper edge of the front flyleaf. Cloth-backed papered boards in dust-jacket. This is 'the first English language collection of heroic narratives taken from the oral tradition of the Bambara, a West Afican tribe, founders of the kingdom of Segu, a group of city-states that existed in the 17th century along the Upper Niger River'. Size: 8vo.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 178 pages. The book is a little worn and tanned. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm).

red & black 1/2 cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. partially price clipped dustwrapper (can still see $ sign) in near fine cond., tiny tear at spine top. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition so stated. first printing (#1 in # line). vii+178p. b&w map. selective glossary. selective background readings. history of africa. poetry. oral tradition. religion. mythology. folklore. ~ The Heart of the Ngoni 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. The ngoni is the musical instrument favored by the djeli, the bard~historians attached to the kingdom's noble families, who recited the nobles' ancestry and the accomplishments of each generation. These narratives, which have been preserved orally for more than three hundred years, are about real people and events, and they contain within them many fragments of Segu's history. The heroes of these stories are kings, princes, warriors, djeli and magicians. They confronted kings, conquered city~states, battled other heroes, performed both generous and violent acts and lived by a code of valor, chivalry and honor rivaling that of the knights of medieval Europe and the samurai of Japan. The epics are arranged in chronological order. They are rich in poetic expression, full of adventures and valorous deeds and attest to the sophisticated culture that developed in Africa before the arrival of the Europeans. As djeli competed with djeli to produce narrative and musical masterpieces, the history of the kingdom was recorded in a series of fascinating stories mixing fact and myth. These delightful tales will have great appeal to students of African culture and history and to anyone interested in folk literature.…

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

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paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.