A Study Guide for Djeli Mamoudou Kouyate's "Sundiata," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Epics for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; chara

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 uni

"After existing orally for hundreds of years, Sunjata was written down in the 20th century. David Conrad, who recorded a new version of the epic, has now crafte

A child is born who will overthrow a king... After the leader of a great African kingdom hears that a baby has been born who will destroy him, he hides behind a