The Epic of Son-Jara: A West African Tradition (African Epic Series)
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Book Details
Author(s)
Johnson, John William
Publisher
Indiana University Press
ISBN / ASIN
0253207134
ISBN-13
9780253207135
Marketplace
France 🇫🇷
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"... a major addition to the literature on oral traditions." —Journal of Religion in Africa
This 750-year-old epic celebrates the exploits of the legendary founder of the Empire of Old Mali. It constitutes a virtual social, political, and cultural charter and embodies deep-rooted aspects of Mande cosmology. The fully annotated translation is accompanied by an introduction that provides a historical and contextual framework for understanding the recitation of this African epic.
