Gassire's Lute : a West African epic

Author(s)

• Jablow, Alta
• Dillon, Leo
• Dillon, Diane

Bibliographic Information

Gassire's Lute : a West African epic

translated and adapted by Alta Jablow ; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon

E. P. Dutton, c1971

[1st ed.]

Note

Summary: An epic poem from the West African Sudan recounts the fall of the city-state of Wagadu due to a noble warrior's vanity and determination to become his people's first bard

Based on the German text in L. Frobenius' Atlantis (1921-28) v. 6

Details

• NCID: BA23670378
• ISBN:
  • 0525303553
• LCCN: 70133119
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ger
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: 47 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PZ8.3.J125
  • DC : 398.22/0966
• Subject Headings:
  • JVSH : Folklore -- Africa, West