Sundiata Epic of Old Mali
by:
Niane (author)
Niane (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780582640245 (0582640245)
Publish date: November 1st 1965
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Pages no: 108
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Non Fiction,
History,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Africa,
Read For School,
Mythology,
Folklore,
African Literature
Third re-read for the World Lit I course I am teaching.Sundiata might have been the basis for the Lion King (or Hamlet, though there are plenty of reasons why I give source material credit for that story to the Danes and such - but there is a possibility). Unlike the European stories which focus on ...
In the introduction, D. T. Niane explains that he got this story largely from the telling of an old griot in a village in Guinea.I love traditional wonder tales, and this is a fine one, and enticingly told. It's full of rivalries, sorceries both for and against the hero, clever negotiation of politi...
"Oh son of Sogolon, I am the word and you are the deed, now your destiny begins." p. 58The myth of the king who turned Mali into an empire really should stand right alongside The Odyssey, Gilgamesh, etc. as one of the great old epics. It's got everything, from an evil sorcerer king who wears the ski...
17 years ago
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