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About Sundiata Keita
- Sundiata Keita (Mandinka, Malinke, Bambara: [s?nd?æta ke?ta]) (c.
- 1217 – c.
- 1255) (also known as Manding Diara, Lion of Mali, Sogolon Djata, son of Sogolon, Nare Maghan and Sogo Sogo Simbon Salaba) was a powerful prince and founder of the Mali Empire.
- The famous Malian ruler Mansa Musa, who made a pilgrimage to Mecca, was his great-nephew.Written sources augment the Mande oral histories, with the Moroccan traveller Muhammad ibn Battúta (1304–1368) and the Tunisian historian Abu Zayd 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Khaldun al-Hadrami (1332–1406) both having travelled to Mali in the century after Sundiata’s death, and providing independent verification of his existence.
- The semi-historical but legendary Epic of Sundiata by the Malinké/Maninka people centers on his life.
- The epic poem is primarily known through oral tradition, transmitted by generations of Maninka griots (djeli or jeliw).
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