Epic of Sundiata
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epic-of-sundiata-203-12150528
title:
Epic of Sundiata
text:
Sunjata is an epic poem of the Malinke people that tells the story of the hero Sundiata Keita, the founder of the Mali Empire. The epic is an instance of oral tradition, going back to the 13th century and narrated by generations of jelis (griots). There is no single or authoritative version. Material pertaining to the epic first began to be collected during the early 20th century in French Sudan, notably by the French elite school École William Ponty, resulting in the "modern" version of the tal
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Epic poem of the Malinke culture
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Sundiata
date created:
2005-07-06T13:44:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T19:48:21Z
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