| Author/Contributor(s): | Johnson, John William |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press |
| Date: | 08/22/1992 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
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.