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The Epic of Son-Jara

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"... a major addition to the literature on oral traditions." -Journal of Religion in AfricaThis 750-year-old epic celebrates the exploits of the legendary founder of the Empire of Old Mali. It constitutes a virtual social, political, and cultural charter and embodies deep-rooted aspects of Mande cosmology. The fully annotated translation is accompanied by an introduction that provides a historical and contextual framework for understanding the recitation of this African epic.

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MandinkaManinkakan, EasternNomaandeTobanga

Similaires

Son-Jara: The Mande Epic. Mandekan/English Edition with Notes and CommentaryJohn William Johnson and Fa-Digi Sisòkò, The Epic Rise of Son-Jara: a West African tradition, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1986, 242 pp., ISBN 0 253 31951 X.

Son-Jara: The Mande Epic. Mandekan/English Edition with Notes and Commentary

John William Johnson and Fa-Digi Sisòkò, The Epic Rise of Son-Jara: a West African tradition, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1986, 242 pp., ISBN 0 253 31951 X.