Sundiata : An Epic of Old Mali
ISBN: 9781405849425 | 1405849428
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 8/7/2006
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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... MORE
| Map | |
| Introduction to the Revised Edition | |
| Background Information | |
| Geography | |
| Religion | |
| Society | |
| Politics Oral Tradition, Pronunciation and Spelling Who's Who of Characters/Glossary of Places Preface | |
| The Story of Sundiata | |
| The Words of the Griot Mamadou Kouyatç | |
| The First Kings of Mali | |
| ... MORE | |
| The Lion Child | |
| Childhood | |
| The Lion’s Awakening | |
| Exile | |
| Soumaoro Kantç: The Sorcerer King | |
| History | |
| The Baobab Leaves | |
| The Return | |
| The Names of the Heroes | |
| Nana Triban and Balla Fassçkç | |
| Krina | |
| The Empire | |
| Kouroukan Fougan or The Division of the World | |
| Niani | |
| Eternal Mali Author’s | |
| Notes | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
Born in Guinea, author and playwright Djibril Tamsir Niane is a descendant of griots ? African oral historians/storytellers. He translated Sundiata, as told by the griot Djeli Mamadou Kouyate, into French under the title Soundjata ou Epoque Mandiginue in 1960. It was later translated into English by G. D. Pickett in 1965.
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