The Epic of Sumanguru Kante

The Epic of Sumanguru Kante contains the Bamana text and English translation of griot Abdoulaye Sako's oral narrative about Sumanguru, recorded in Koulikoro (Mali), together with explanatory notes, a scholarly introduction, and sections on the Bamana language and musical accompaniment.

About the author

Stephen P.D. Bulman (Ph.D. 1990, University of Birmingham) is a management consultant in higher education and has published several historiographic and literary studies on the Sunjata epic.

Valentin F. Vydrine is a Professor of Manding at INALCO and an Enseignant-Chercheur at LLACAN (CNRS), both in Paris. He has published widely on Manding.

Product details

• Assisted by: Stephen Bulman (Editor), Valentin Vydrine (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.08.2017
• EAN: 9789004347960
• ISBN: 978-90-04-34796-0
• No. of pages: 186
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 231 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 218 g
• Series: African Sources for African Hi
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous