The Mwindo Epic from the Banyanga

"The richness of content and the variety of literary forms of this epic are quite amazing.... It is a macrocosm of Nyanga life and culture.... A classic of African oral literature."--Research in African Literatures

"This book is a must for students of literature about Africa."--Jan Vansina, American Anthropologist

"A work of art in its own right, in which the Africanist, the literary critic, and the general reader will all find pleasure and profit."--Africa