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Africa

 

“Though a person find no gold, / Though he find no silver, /

Should he find his freedom, / Then noble will he be.”

Son-Jara (text by Jeli Fa-Digi Sisòkò; trans. John W. Johnson)

 

Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica

Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica

Africa, Ancient World, Location, Mediterranean, Time Period

Kebra Nagast

Kebra Nagast

Africa, Location, Tenth to Fourteenth Centuries, Time Period

Walcott, Omeros

Walcott, Omeros

Africa, Location, The Americas, The Nineteenth to the Twenty-first Century, Time Period

Ibonia

Ibonia

Africa, Location, Time Period, Transcribed in the 20th and 21st century

The Epic of Liyongo

The Epic of Liyongo

Africa, Location, Tenth to Fourteenth Centuries, Time Period, Transcribed in the 20th and 21st century

Epic of Sun-Jata

Epic of Sun-Jata

Africa, Location, Tenth to Fourteenth Centuries, Time Period, Transcribed in the 20th and 21st century

Mwindo epic

Mwindo epic

Africa, Location, Time Period, Transcribed in the 20th and 21st century

Mubila epic

Mubila epic

Africa, Location, Time Period, Transcribed in the 20th and 21st century

Sirat Bani Hilal

Sirat Bani Hilal

Africa, Location, Mediterranean, Tenth to Fourteenth Centuries, Time Period, Transcribed in the 20th and 21st century

The Epic of Askia Mohammed

The Epic of Askia Mohammed

Africa, Location, The Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century, Time Period, Transcribed in the 20th and 21st century

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