In search of Sunjata

the Mande oral epic as history, literature, and performance

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Published 1999 by Indiana University Press in Bloomington .
Written in

Subjects:

• Epic of Son-Jara.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-338) and index.

Statement	edited by Ralph A. Austen.
Contributions	Austen, Ralph A.
Classifications
LC Classifications	PL8491.9.E63 I5 1999
The Physical Object
Pagination	349 p. :
Number of Pages	349
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL6887297M
ISBN 10	0253334527
LC Control Number	00503801

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  David Conrad, who recorded a new version of the epic, has now crafted a prose translation that preserves the oral flavor of live performance. The result is a captivating work of literature that will finally give the story of Sunjata its well-deserved place among the great epics of world literature."Author: David Conrad. In search of Sunjata: the Mande oral epic as history, literature and performance / edited by Ralph A. Austen. Format Book Published Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c Description p.: maps ; 25 cm. Other contributors Austen, Ralph A. Portion of title.

Composition by Professional Book Compositors, Inc. Printed at Sheridan Books, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data. Sunjata: a West African epic of the Mande peoples / recorded, edited, and translated by David C. Conrad; narrated by Djanka Tassey Condé. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN (pbk.). Book Description Hackett Publishing Company, Inc (US), Hardback. Condition: NEW. This listing is a new book, a title currently in-print which we order directly and immediately from the publisher. For all enquiries, please contact Herb Tandree Philosophy Books directly - customer service is our primary goal/5(2K). A pillar of the West African oral tradition for centuries, this epic traces the adventures and achievements of the Mande hero, Sunjata, as he liberates his people from Sumaworo Kanté, the sorcerer king of Soso, and establishes the great medieval empire of Mali.

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