Sundiata : an epic of old Mali / Djibril Tamsir Niane ; translated by G.D. Pickett

By:

NIANE, D.T

Contributor(s):

G.D.Pickett

Material type: Text

TextSeries: (Longman African Writers)Publication details: Essex : Longman, c1994.Description: viii, 101p. ; 19cmISBN:

0582264758

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

22nd ed. 398.2096623 NIA

Summary: The son of Sogolon, the hunchback princess, and Maghan, known as "the handsome", Sundiata grew up to fulfill the prophesies of the soothsayers that he would unite the twelve kingdoms of Mali into one of the most powerful empires ever known in Africa, which at its peak stretched right across the savanna belt from the shores of the Atlantic to the dusty walls of Timbuktu. Retold by generations of 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 an epic tale, part history, and part legend.

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The son of Sogolon, the hunchback princess, and Maghan, known as "the handsome", Sundiata grew up to fulfill the prophesies of the soothsayers that he would unite the twelve kingdoms of Mali into one of the most powerful empires ever known in Africa, which at its peak stretched right across the savanna belt from the shores of the Atlantic to the dusty walls of Timbuktu. Retold by generations of 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 an epic tale, part history, and part legend.

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