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_bNIA 1965
100 1 _aNiane, Djibril Tamsir.
_d1932-
_eauthor
245 1 0 _aSundiata :
_ban epic of old Mali /
_c[by] D. T. Niane. Translated by G.D. Pickett.
264 _aLondon :
_bLongman,
_c1965
300 _aix, 96 pages :
_bmap.
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
_btxt
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
_bn
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
_bnc
440 _aLongman African Writers
500 _aHistory
504 _aNotes
505 _aThe words of the griot Mamadou Kouyat Ťhe first kings of Mali The buffalo woman The lion child Childhood The lion's awakening Exile Soumaoro Kant :̌ the sorcerer king History The baobab leaves The return The names of the heroes Nana Triban and Balla Fassǩ Ǩrina The empire Kouroukan Fougan or the division of the world Niani Eternal Mali
520 _aRetold 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 _a Africa Africa
650 _aMali (Empire)
650 _aFolk literature, Mandingo
650 _aHistory
650 _aKeita, Soundiata, -1255
650 _aKeita, Soundiata, d. 1255
650 _aLegends
650 _aLegends Africa Mali
650 _aMali (Empire) History
650 _aMali History
650 _aMandingo (African people) Kings and rulers
650 _aTales
651 0 _aMali empire.
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