Sundiata Keita (ca. 1210-ca. 1260) was the founder of the Mali empire in West Africa. He is now regarded as a great magician-king and the national hero of the Malinke-speaking people.Sundiata, or Sun ...
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In the following excerpt, Innes provides an overview of the Sunjata, including its transmission, audience, language, and present-day relevance.
The three texts in this book are by three of The Gamb...
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In the following essay, Jansen describes rehearsals for a Sunjata performance and explains what is missed by simply reading the text as compared with experiencing a communal performance.
In the las...
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In the following review, Bird evaluates Gordon Innes's work on the Sunjata.
As specified in the title, this book [Sunjata: Three Mandinka Versions] consists of three versions of the Sunjata ...
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In the following essay, Okpewho describes how a balance is achieved between the various elements of the Sunjata narrative.
Introduction
The tradition of epic or heroic narrative in African societie...
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In the following excerpt from his study and translation of the Sunjata, Johnson focuses on the role and training of the storyteller.
The recitation of the epic of Son-Jara is carried out by profess...
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In the following essay, Bulman analyzes how the storyteller achieves new meaning by reworking the hunter-stranger motif in the Sunjata.
The Sunjata epic has achieved considerable prominence among t...
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In the following essay, Johnson uses the example of the Sunjata to explore the general question of historicity in oral tradition.
Western-trained scholars have attempted to reconstruct a history of...
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In the following essay, Sienkewicz discusses similarities between the Sunjata and Greek myths, particularly in addressing the “tension between diversity and unity.”
The mark Greek myt...
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In the following essay, Conrad analyzes the treatment of the legendary hero Fakoli in the Sunjata.
That is why, regarding the time between the death of one great king and the rise of another king m...
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In the following excerpt, Belcher offers a literary analysis of portions of the Sunjata and discusses some of the epic's different versions.
The Manden (sometimes Manding) is a space, in som...
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Mothers play a very influential role in a young mans life. Even though Sogolon Kedjhou and Sassouma Berete both had an impact on there son's life, their character traits were at different ends of the...
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Religion Or Convention: The Basis of Sundiata's Power
The great Machiavelli once said, "Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding...
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Teaching Sundiata
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Sundiata Lesson Plans contain 133 pages of teaching material, including:
Sundiata Keita
Critical Essay by Gordon Innes
Sassuma Berete and Sogolon Kedhou in "Sundiata"
