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Sunjata : a new prose version / edited and translated, with an introduction, by David C. Conrad.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Mandingo
- Subjects (All):
- Keita, Soundiata, -1255--Legends.
- Keita, Soundiata.
- Keita, Soundiata, -1255.
- Mandingo (African people)--Folklore.
- Mandingo (African people).
- Legends--Mali.
- Legends.
- Mali (Empire)--Folklore.
- Mali (Empire).
- Mali.
- Genre:
- Legends.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxvi, 140 pages) : illustrations, maps
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Indianapolis ; Cambridge : Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., [2016]
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2016]
- Language Note:
- Translated from Mandingo.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- David C. Conrad is Professor of History at the State University of New York, Oswego, and President of the Mande Studies Association
- Contents:
- FC
- Title
- Copyright
- ToC
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Note on the Map of the Mande Heartland (Map A)
- Map A: The Mande Heartland and Related Jamanaw
- Map B: West Africa and Area of Detail According to Oral Tradition
- Blessings, Introductions, and Prophets Of Islam
- Seven Kings of Manden
- The Search for a Special Wife
- Two Hunters Arrive in Manden
- Dò Kamissa the Buffalo Woman
- Dò Kamissa's Revelations
- Death of the Buffalo
- Sogolon Wulen Condé of Dò ni Kiri
- A New Sorceress Wife for the Mansa of Konfara
- The Childhood of Ma'an Sunjata
- Step-Brother Rivalry and Nine Sorceresses of Manden
- Mistaken Murder and the Question of Exile
- Departure for Exile
- A Visit to Soso
- The Birth of Fakoli
- How Tenenba Acquired Fakoli: Sumaworo's Quest for the Soso Bala
- Kosiya Kanté's Sacrifice
- Tenenba and Fakoli Visit the Sacred Sites
- Sumaworo's Tyranny over Manden
- The Expedition to Find Sunjata and Return Him to Manden
- Kolonkan Finds Meat for Guests from Manden
- Manden Bori's Anger and Kolonkan's Curse
- Sogolon Bestows the Legacy of Maghan Konfara
- The Burial of Sogolon and Departure from Nema
- The Return of Sunjata
- Condé Pride and Descent from Adama
- Fakoli Reveals His Power
- Fakoli Explains His Dilemma and Takes His Leave from Manden
- Fakoli Finds Trouble in Soso
- A Visit to Kamanjan in Sibi
- A Strategic Alliance: Kolonkan's Marriage
- The Battle of Negeboriya
- Trading Insults and Swearing Oaths
- The Battle of Dakajalan and Fakoli's Revenge
- The Campaign against Jolofin Mansa
- Epilogue
- Glossary of Frequently Used Maninka Terms
- Major Characters
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- BC
- Notes:
- Based on a performance by Djanka Tassey Condé.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Sunjata.
- ISBN:
- 9781624664960
- 1624664962
- 9781624665431
- 1624665438
- Publisher Number:
- 99986197525
- 40026217455
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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