Sunjata guide
"Mali is eternal," says the
griot Mamadou Kouyaté,
concluding his account of
the Sundjata epic. "But
never try, wretch, to pierce
the mystery which Mali
hides from you. Do not go
and disturb the spirits in
their eternal rest. Do not
ever go into the dead cities
to question the past, for
the spirits never forgive.
Do not seek to know what
is not to be known."
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Academic resources online
http://people.hsc.edu/drjclassics/syllabi/IH/sundiata.shtm
Dr. J’s Illustrated Guide to the Classical World
The Sundiata: An Outline by Dr. Janice Siegel who taught
in the Intellectual Heritage Program at Temple University
in Philadelphia, PA.
http://orias.berkeley.edu/hero/sunjata/plot_sunjata.html
Sunjata Plot Summary from Office of Resources for
International and Area Studies (ORIAS) a unit of International
and Area Studies (IAS) at the University of CA, Berkeley.
http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/library/alumni/
online_exhibits/digital/2000/c_n_c/c_01_epic/sundiata.htm
Passage for Study: Epic in Africa—Sundiata from Baruch
College, Newman Library Contexts and Comparisons
http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/
CoursePack/sundjata.htm
Epic of Sundjata from Central Oregon Community College
Humanities Course Pack from Winter 2010
http://courses.wcupa.edu/jones/his311/notes/sundiata.htm
Background to Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali by D. T. Niane
as compiled for West Chester University in a course titled
African History to 1875 taught by Jim Jones including
information on geography, religion, society, politics, and a
list of names.
http://www.bu.edu/africa/files/pdf/SUNDIATA1.pdf
Course guide for Sundiata from Boston University
http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/sundjata.htm
Audio
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%
7CCX1773100036&v=2.1&u=admin&it=r&p=GVRL&
sw=w&asid=e969371da44137d53b6c5a67ca8cd608
Sundiata: Epics for Students audio of an
automated female voice reading the text.
Each word is highlighted making it easy to
follow the story. From a translation edited
by Sara Constantakis, 2011.
https://youtu.be/mAMTGmf1R-o
King Sundiata Keita
https://youtu.be/yen2B-vFX5A Epic of Sundiata
Stick figure animation (English)
https://youtu.be/Y3J9tVfAhEM Soundiata Keita
(audio and subtitles in French only)
https://youtu.be/2UFhvqKror4 soundiata keita
(audio in French only)
Full Text
http://woodlawnschool.pbworks.com/f/
Excerpts+from+Sundiata_+An+Epic+of+Old+Mali
(1235).pdf
Excerpts from Sundiata: An Epic of Old
Mali by Djibril Tamsir Niane as translated
by G.D. Pickett
Recommended
Animation
Sunjata: A West African Epic materials
SEARCH for Subjects in the
DCAD Library Catalog:
Epic of Son-Jara
Folklore Mali
Griot
Keita, Soundiata, d. 1255.
Legends–Africa–Mali
Mali
Mandingo (African people)
Oral tradition
Son Jara
Soundiata
Sundiata
Sundjata
Audio recording (music) : available for
use in the library or 24-hour check-out.
PL8491.9 .E63 J63 2004
Son-Jara : the Mande epic
“A complete performance of the Son-Jara epic...
This four-hour recitation by the well-known bard
Fa-Digi Sisoko. The text recorded here was collected on 9 March 1968, with a Nagra tape recorder in the city of Kita by Charles S. Bird ..
It was later translated by [John W.] Johnson and
a team of assistants: Cheick Oumar Mara ...
[et al].."
Available for check-out from the circulating collections:
DT532.2 .N513 1994
Sundiata: an epic of old Mali
by D.T. Niane translated by G.D. Pickett
GR111 .A47 F564 2004
Talking drums: reading and writing with African American
stories, spirituals, and multimedia resources
GR350 .T45 1996
Legends of Africa by Mwizenge Tembo
PL8491.9 .E63 J6 1992
The epic of Son-Jara: a West African tradition
(VIDEO)
PN1997 .K45 1995
Keïta!: l'héritage du griot = The heritage of the griot
“Based on an important work of African oral literature, Son Jara, the
Sundjata epic. When a djéliba, a master griot or bard, arrives
mysteriously at the home of Mabo Keïta to teach him "the meaning of
his name," the boy and griot are inevitably brought into conflict with
his Westernized mother and schoolteacher, who have rejected African
tradition. The griot reveals to Mabo the story of his distant ancestor,
Sundjata Keïta, the 13th century founder of the great Malian
trading empire.” In Jula and French with English subtitles.
PN6727 .F66 2008
Sunjata: warrior king of Mali: a West African legend story
by Justine & Ron Fontes (Graphic Novel)
PZ7 .W57 Sun 1992
Sundiata: lion king of Mali story and pictures by David Wisniewski
PZ8.1 .B4194
Sundiata: the epic of the lion king retold by Roland Bertol
& illustrated by Gregorio Prestopino
PZ8.1 .E37
Sundiata: a legend of Africa adapted by Will Eisner (Graphic Novel)