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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 Kante, 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 Conde. Readers approaching the
epic for the first time will appreciate the translation's highly readable,
poetic English as well as Conrad's informative Introduction and notes. Scholars
will find the familiar heroes and heroines taking on new dimensions, secondary
characters gaining increased prominence, and previously unknown figures
emerging from obscurity.
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Sunjata: A West African Epic of the Mande Peoples
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