The Epic of Sumanguru Kante
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Product Details
Author:
Stephen Bulman, Valentin Vydrine
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
172
Publisher:
Brill (August 16, 2017)
Imprint:
Brill
Language:
English
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13:
9789004347960
ISBN-10:
9004347968
Weight:
7.68oz
Dimensions:
6.1" x 9.25" x 0.39"
File:
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Folder:
TWO RIVERS
List Price:
$96.00
Country of Origin:
Netherlands
Series:
African Sources for African History
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$91.20
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P-PER
Discount Code:
H
Pub Discount:
35
Overview
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.
