by jac3 | Aug 17, 2017
Democratic Republic of the Congo Oral epic first collected in the 1950s Mubila epic Background and Recording of the Mubila Epic Narrative The long narrative recounting the feats of Mubila was recorded in 1953 by Daniel P. Biebuyck in the Pangi...
by jac3 | Jun 19, 2017
Southern India Oral tradition: c. 15-16th century CEFirst recorded: 1965 Ponnivala Nadu The Legend of Ponnivala Nadu is a folk epic popular in Southern India, specifically in the Kongu Nadu region of Tamilnadu. This is an extended oral epic, a story first tape...
by jac3 | May 23, 2017
Congo oral epic first published in 1969 Mwindo What makes great works of literature great is that which makes them belong, not just to the canon of their own nation, but to the emergent human canon. Mwindo is a case in point....
by jac3 | May 22, 2017
The Philippines First transcribed in the Palawan language in 1971. First published in French translation in 1983; in Tagalog in 1991. Kudaman The Kudaman narrative is a sung epic linked to the yearly Tämwäy ät Ämpuq ät Paräy (Commemoration of the Master of...
by jac3 | May 19, 2017
Egypt Oral tradition: c. 14th century CEFirst transcriptions: 1986-90 Anonymous, Sirat Bani Hilal The epic as it is sung in Northern Egypt is built upon the basic historical facts about the Bani Hilal tribe: their migration westwards from the Arabian...
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