Liyongo's Navel: An East African Epic (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781691367665)

LIYONGO S NAVEL is an East African epic based on Swahili traditional stories of a legendary and historical hero, warrior, and a great Swahili poet and singer, Fumo Liyongo, and his demise centuries ago. At the outset, Lodhi s LIYONGO S NAVEL is a narrative of early Swahili stories about cosmology and creation of human beings. According to Lodhi, the antecedent narratives of Swahili cosmology were influenced and modified by Iranian Zoroastrianism, as well as by Semitic, especially Islamic, versions of creation of the Universe.

Author: Abdulaziz Yusuf Lodhi
ISBN-10: 1691367664
ISBN-13: 9781691367665
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 09/16/2019
Pages: 116
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d