African Poetry
By Ulli Beier
1966
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Collected from many parts of Africa and from many different languages, the poems have been sympathetically translated into English. The music of an African tonal language can never be fully expressed in English. The poems in this collection come from widely different cultures, including the Yoruba and Ewe of West Africa, the Zulu and Bushmen of South Africa, the Galla and Swahili of East Africa and even the ancient Egyptians
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Author
Ulli Beier
Author · 4 books
Taken from the back of The Origin of Life and Death: African Creation Myths (Heinemann, 1966): "ULLI BEIER is an associate professor in the Department of Extra-Mural Studies of the University of Ibadan. He is the editor of Black Orpheus, author of several books on African art and literature, including African Mud Sculpture, and one of the founders of the Mbari clubs in Ibadan and Oshogbo. He likes translating poetry from Yoruba and German."
