[PDF] Sundiata eBook

Author : Djibril Tamsir Niane
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 11,76 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Legends
ISBN :

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The son of Sogolon, the hunchback princess, and Maghan, known as "the handsome", Sundiata grew up to fulfill the prophesies of the soothsayers that he would unite the twelve kingdoms of Mali into one of the most powerful empires ever known in Africa, which at its peak stretched right across the savanna belt from the shores of the Atlantic to the dusty walls of Timbuktu. Retold by generations of griots, the guardians of African culture, this oral tradition has been handed down from the thirteenth century and captures all the mystery and majesty of medieval African kingship. It is an epic tale, part history and part legend.

Author : I. K. Sundiata
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 16,83 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9780299145101

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Fernando Po, home to the Bantu-speaking Bubi people, has an unusually complex history. Long touted as the "key" to West Africa, it is the largest West African island and the last to enter the world economy. Confronted by both African resistance and ecological barriers, early British and Spanish imperialism foundered there. Not until the late nineteenth century did foreign settlement take hold, abetted by a class of westernized black planters. It was only then that Fernando Po developed a plantation economy dependent on migrant labor, working under conditions similar to slavery. In From Slaving to Neoslavery, Ibrahim K. Sundiata offers a comprehensive history of Fernando Po, explains the continuities between slavery and free contract labor, and challenges standard notions of labor development and progress in various colonial contexts. Sundiata's work is interdisciplinary, considering the influences of the environment, disease, slavery, abolition, and indigenous state formation in determining the interaction of African peoples with colonialism. From Slaving to Neoslavery has manifold implications. Historians usually depict the nineteenth century as the period in which free labor triumphed over slavery, but Sundiata challenges this notion. By examining the history of Fernando Po, he illuminates the larger debate about slavery current among scholars of Africa.

Author : Jesse McCoy
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 26,84 MB
Release : 2013-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1300801018

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"Man is not measured by his genes, but rather how those genes stand against society's expectations." In the years following the destruction of Mount Olympus, the heroes of the day were housed in the Dark Continent of Africa. Among them, two boys will set out on an adventure of epic proportions. Facing off with mythological beasts, social injustices, and the growing pains associated with normal human development, the two boys will form a bond that transcends their achievements. However, when tragedy strikes on the eve of the most important day in one boy's life, even the Gates of Hell will be unable to restrain his fury. A tragic hero and a patriarch, these boys will become the stuff of legend in a time when all of their obstacles are legendary.

Author : Lynne Mansure
Publisher : East African Publishers
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 28,77 MB
Release : 2002-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9789966254689

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Sundiata is the story of a man who lived in West Africa almost 800 years ago. It is the myth of a hunter's prophecy that a king will marry an ugly foreign woman who will give birth to a son, who will come to rule the kingdom on Mali. It is a tale of conquest and heroism.

Author : Will Eisner
Publisher : Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,28 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN : 9781561633326

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In this tale from the land of Mali, the ruler Sumanguru cannot satisfy his ambition enough. When he encounters the Gray Rock of Evil, his powers are multiplied manifold. Now able to manipulate the elements, he goes on a rampage of conquests. However the rock is devious and prepares an enemy for him, one he knows Sumanguru will pay no head to: a crippled child.

Author : D.T. Niane
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 32,30 MB
Release : 2023-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 180328840X

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Part history, part legend, this is the story of Sundiata Keita: the heroic figure who founded the empire of Mali. A thirteenth-century oral epic, Sundiata sees the full-length tale captured in print for the first time. This is Sundiata, the epic tale of a man 'great among kings' who, through his legendary deeds and exploits, came to father an empire. For over 800 years, this story has been passed down to generations of listeners through spoken word. D.T. Niane's novelisation captures all the mystery and majesty of medieval African kingship. This ambitious story ranks alongside the Ancient Greek and Roman classics as one of the world's great adventure stories.

Author : Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,76 MB
Release : 2000
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 9780252025372

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"Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua traces Brooklyn's transformation from a freedom village into a residential commuter satellite that supplied cheap labor to the city and the region.".

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Publisher : Sandpiper
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 38,50 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :

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The story of Sundiata, who overcame physical handicaps, social disgrace, and strong opposition to rule Mali in the thirteenth century.