With Sako Ousmane (5 results)

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.

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.…

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.…