MARC details
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
| International Standard Book Number |
0582264758 |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
| Classification number |
DT532.2 |
| Item number |
NIA 1965 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
| Personal name |
Niane, Djibril Tamsir. |
| Dates associated with a name |
1932- |
| Relator term |
author |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
| Title |
Sundiata : |
| Remainder of title |
an epic of old Mali / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
[by] D. T. Niane. Translated by G.D. Pickett. |
| 264 ## - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
London : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Longman, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
1965 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
| Extent |
ix, 96 pages : |
| Other physical details |
map. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
| Source |
rdacontent |
| Content type term |
text |
| Content type code |
txt |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
| Source |
rdamedia |
| Media type term |
unmediated |
| Media type code |
n |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
| Source |
rdacarrier |
| Carrier type term |
volume |
| Carrier type code |
nc |
| 440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE |
| Title |
Longman African Writers |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
| General note |
History |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
| Bibliography, etc. note |
Notes |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
| Formatted contents note |
The words of the griot Mamadou Kouyat<br/>Ťhe first kings of Mali<br/>The buffalo woman<br/>The lion child<br/>Childhood<br/>The lion's awakening<br/>Exile<br/>Soumaoro Kant :̌ the sorcerer king<br/>History<br/>The baobab leaves<br/>The return<br/>The names of the heroes<br/>Nana Triban and Balla Fassǩ<br/>Ǩrina<br/>The empire<br/>Kouroukan Fougan or the division of the world<br/>Niani<br/>Eternal Mali |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
| Summary, etc. |
Retold by generations of griots - the guardians of African culture - this oral tradition has been handed down from the thirteenth century and captures all the mystery and majesty of medieval African kingship. It is an epic - part history, part legend - and a great adventure story |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Africa Africa |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Mali (Empire) |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Folk literature, Mandingo |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
History |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Keita, Soundiata, -1255 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Keita, Soundiata, d. 1255 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Legends |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Legends Africa Mali |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Mali (Empire) History |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Mali History |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Mandingo (African people) Kings and rulers |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Tales |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
| Geographic name |
Mali empire. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type |
Books |
| Classification part |
532.2 |
| Item part |
NIA |
| Call number prefix |
DT |