The epic of Sumanguru Kante - Stephen P.D. Bulman & Valentin F. Vydrine
Stephen P.D. Bulman
Valentin F. Vydrine
10.6084/m9.figshare.5146825.v1
https://brill.figshare.com/articles/dataset/The_epic_of_Sumanguru_Kante_-_Stephen_P_D_Bulman_Valentin_F_Vydrine/5146825
<p><i>The
epic of Sumanguru Kante</i> 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. </p>
2017-08-02 14:25:47
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