East Africa (Swahili)
Oral tradition: 9th-13th century CE
First transcribed: c. 13th century CE
The Epic of Liyongo by Muhammad Bin Bakari Kijumwa: 1913
The Epic of Liyongo
Introduction commissioned.
African Archer. Statue photographed by Polanri (Schaerbeek, Belgium). Source: polanri.com.
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Mbele, Joseph L. “The Identity of the Hero in the Liongo Epic.” Research in African Literatures, Vol. 17, No. 4, Special Issue on Swahili Verbal Arts (Winter, 1986), pp. 464-473.