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The epic of Sumanguru Kante / narrated by Abdulaye Sako ; edited by Stephen P.D. Bulman, Valentin F. Vydrine.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sako, Abdulaye, narrator.
- Series:
- African sources for African history ; v. 15.
- African sources for African history ; volume 15
- Language:
- Bambara
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Keita, Soundiata, -1255--Legends.
- Keita, Soundiata.
- Keita, Soundiata, -1255.
- Epic poetry, Bambara.
- Epic literature, African.
- Bambara (African people)--Folklore.
- Bambara (African people).
- Mandingo (African people)--Folklore.
- Mandingo (African people).
- Heroes in literature.
- Folklore.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Legends.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 172 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
- Language Note:
- Text of epic in original Bamana and English translation; notes and critical material in English.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The Epic of Sumanguru Kante contains the Bamana text and English translation of griot Abdoulaye Sako's oral narrative of the life of Sumanguru, recorded in 1997 in Koulikoro (Mali), together with explanatory notes, a scholarly introduction, and sections on the Bamana language and musical accompaniment. Sumanguru is a familiar figure within Manding epic oral traditions about ancient Mali. But while these narratives generally focus on Sunjata Keita, Sako's oral poem is rare in according Sumanguru the central role. In so doing he includes hitherto undocumented episodes relating to Sumanguru's life and role as the ruler of Soso, the little known state said to have flourished in the western Sudan between the fall of ancient Ghana and rise of ancient Mali.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Stephen P.D. Bulman
- A note on the language and transcription of the Bamana text / Valentin F. Vydrine
- Glossary of Manding words
- Transcriptions of the major musical themes that Abdulaye Sako played on the ngoni to accompany his performance of the Epic of Sumanguru / Sam Dickey
- Summary of contents of the Epic of Sumanguru
- Banama text and English translation of the Epic of Sumanguru by Abdulaye Sako / Valentin F. Vydrine, Amadou Togo and Stephen P.D. Bulman.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 14, 2017).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Sako, Abdulaye, author. Epic of Sumanguru Kante
- ISBN:
- 9789004349339
- 9004349332
- OCLC:
- 991536060
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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