| Description |
1 online resource (186 pages) |
| Series |
African Sources for African History Ser |
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African Sources for African History Ser
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| Contents |
Contents; Editors' Introduction (Jansen, Doortmont and van den Bersselaar); Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Introduction (Bulman); A Note on the Language and Transcription of the Bamana Text (Vydrine); Glossary of Manding Words; Transcriptions of the Major Musical Themes that Abdulaye Sako Played on the Ngɔ̀ni to Accompany His Performance of the Epic of Sumanguru (Dickey); Summary of Contents of the Epic of Sumanguru; Bamana Text and English Translation of the Epic of Sumanguru by Abdulaye Sako (Vydrine, Togo and Bulman); Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
The Epic of Sumanguru Kante contains the Bamana text and English translation of griot Abdoulaye Sako's oral narrative of the life of Sumanguru, recorded in 1997 in Koulikoro (Mali), together with explanatory notes, a scholarly introduction, and sections on the Bamana language and musical accompaniment. Sumanguru is a familiar figure within Manding epic oral traditions about ancient Mali. But while these narratives generally focus on Sunjata Keita, Sako's oral poem is rare in according Sumanguru the central role. In so doing he includes hitherto undocumented episodes relating to Sumanguru's life and role as the ruler of Soso, the little known state said to have flourished in the western Sudan between the fall of ancient Ghana and rise of ancient Mali |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Keita, Soundiata, -1255 -- Legends
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| SUBJECT |
Keita, Soundiata, -1255 fast |
| Subject |
Epic poetry, Bambara.
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Heroes in literature.
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Bambara (African people) -- Folklore
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Mandingo (African people) -- Folklore
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Bambara (African people)
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Epic poetry, Bambara
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Heroes in literature
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Mandingo (African people)
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| Genre/Form |
Folklore
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Legends
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Vydrine, Valentin
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| ISBN |
9789004349339 |
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9004349332 |
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