Ancient
Oral Epic
The Epic of Sundiata
by Griot tradition (D.T. Niane)
c. 1235/Mali Empire/Mandinka / English
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The foundational oral epic of the Mandé peoples — the story of Sundiata Keita, founder of the Mali Empire. Originally transmitted by griots, this work is to West Africa what Homer's Iliad is to Europe.
