In Search of Sunjata: The Mande Oral Epic as History, Literature, and Performance by Ralph A. Austen

In Search of Sunjata: The Mande Oral Epic as History, Literature, and Performance

Ralph A. Austen

360 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

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The Sunjata epic, which celebrates the founder of the 13th century Mali empire, is the most famous African epic. The pathbreaking essays by well known scholars in this watershed volume examine Sunjata from a variety of perspectives.

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