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The Epic of Sumanguru Kante contains the Bamana text and English
translation of griot Abdoulaye Sako's oral narrative of the life of
Sumanguru, recorded in 1997 in Koulikoro (Mali), together with
explanatory notes, a scholarly introduction, and sections on the
Bamana language and musical accompaniment. Sumanguru is a familiar
figure within Manding epic oral traditions about ancient Mali. But
while these narratives generally focus on Sunjata Keita, Sako's
oral poem is rare in according Sumanguru the central role. In so
doing he includes hitherto undocumented episodes relating to
Sumanguru's life and role as the ruler of Soso, the little known
state said to have flourished in the western Sudan between the fall
of ancient Ghana and rise of ancient Mali.
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