The epic of Sumanguru Kante / / narrated by Abdulaye Sako ; edited by Stephen P.D. Bulman, Valentin F. Vydrine.
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 accompanime...
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| Superior document: | African Sources for African History, Volume 15 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2017. ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English Bambara |
| Series: | African sources for African history ;
Volume 15. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (172 pages) :; color illustrations, map, photographs. |
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| 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. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004349332 |
| ISSN: | 1567-6951 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | narrated by Abdulaye Sako ; edited by Stephen P.D. Bulman, Valentin F. Vydrine. |