Sunjata : A West African Epic of the Mande Peoples
ISBN: 9780872206977 | 0872206971
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Hackett Pub Co Inc
Pub. Date: 8/30/2004
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A pillar of the West African oral tradition for centuries, this epic traces the adventures and achievements of the Mande hero, Sunjata, as he liberates his people from Sumaworo Kanté, the sorcerer king of Soso, and establishes the great medieval empire of Mali. David Conrad conveys the strong narrative thrust of the Sunjata epic in his presentation of substantial excerpts from his translation of a performance by Djanka Tassey Condé. Readers approaching the epic for the first time will appreciate the translation's highly readable, poetic English... MORE
| Foreword | ix | ||||
| Acknowledgments | xiii | ||||
| Introduction | xiv | ||||
| Notes on Nomenclature and Transcription | xxxii | ||||
| Note on the Map of the Mande Heartland (Map A) | xxxvii | ||||
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| Narrative Contents by Line Numbers | xliii | ||||
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| 9 | (12) | |||
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| 112 | (6) | |||
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| 131 | (9) | |||
| 140 | (6) | |||
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| 156 | (2) | |||
| 158 | (11) | |||
| 169 | (4) | |||
| 173 | (2) | |||
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| 177 | (6) | |||
| 183 | (4) | |||
| 187 | (9) | |||
| Epilogue | 196 | (2) | |||
| Glossary of Frequently Used Maninka Terms | 198 | (2) | |||
| Major Characters | 200 | (4) | |||
| Suggestions for Further Reading | 204 |
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