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Sundiata : an epic of old Mali / D.T. Niane ; translated by G.D. Pickett ; with extra material by David Chappell, James A. Jones.
Van Pelt Library DT532.2 .N513 2006
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Van Pelt Library DT532.2 .N513 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Niane, Djibril Tamsir.
- Series:
- Longman African writers
- Standardized Title:
- Soundjata. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Keita, Soundiata, -1255--Legends.
- Keita, Soundiata.
- Keita, Soundiata, -1255.
- Mandingo (African people).
- History.
- Legends.
- Mali (Empire)--Folklore.
- Mali (Empire).
- Legends--Mali.
- Mandingo (African people)--Folklore.
- Mandingo (African people)--History.
- Mali.
- Genre:
- Legends.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 96 pages : map ; 20 cm.
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Harlow, England : Pearson Longman, 2006.
- Summary:
- This is a revision of Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali, a best seller for 30 years.
- Retold by griots, the guardians of African Culture, this oral tradition has been handed down from the thirteenth century and captures all the mystery and majesty of medieval African kingship. It is the epic tale, based on an actual figure, of Sundiata (Sunjata). Part history and part legend, it tells how Sundiata fulfilled the prophesies that he would unite the twelve kingdoms of Mali into a powerful empire.
- This Revised Edition includes background information which provides a geographical, religious, social, and political context for the story. A ' who' s who of characters' and ' a glossary of places' will enhance the reader' s experience.
- Contents:
- The words of the griot Mamadou Kouyaté
- The first kings of Mali
- The buffalo woman
- The lion child
- Childhood
- The lion's awakening
- Exile
- Soumaoro Kanté : the sorcerer king
- History
- The baobab leaves
- The return
- The names of the heroes
- Nana Triban and Balla Fasséké
- Krina
- The empire
- Kouroukan Fougan or the division of the world
- Niani
- Eternal Mali.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1405849428
- 9781405849425
- OCLC:
- 74810560
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