{"id":2191,"date":"2026-07-31T17:52:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/classics-courses-syllabi\/sundiata-study-guide\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T17:52:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:52:22","slug":"sundiata-study-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/classics-courses-syllabi\/sundiata-study-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Sundiata Study Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Sundiata<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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An Outline by Dr. Janice\n Siegel<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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griot – meaning has changed. Now – one who\n sells his music\/ballad skills to make a living. Then – was the archivist,\n recorder of customs, governmental principles of kings, “the keeper of\n the culture”. Tutored kings’ children, were as revered as harpers in\n Homer’s day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The\n Words of the Griot Mamadou Kouyat\u00e9:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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His knowledge has been passed down through the\n generations…<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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“I teach kings the history of their ancestors\n so that the lives of the ancients might serve them as an example, for the\n world is old, but the future springs from the past.”<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Sundiata: the son of the Buffalo, the son of the\n Lion, Maghan Sundiata, Mari-Djata, Sogolon Djata, Nar\u00e9 Maghan Djata, the\n man of many names against whom sorcery could avail nothing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The\n First Kings of Mali: typically,\n medieval Mulsim dynasties proved conx with Mohammed: Bilali Bounama was\n companion to Mohammed, and his son settled in Mali. Bilali’s\n great-great-grandson made pilgrimage to Mecca, but survived miraculously\n and returned to Mali. Seven generations after this prince came Sundiata.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The\n Buffalo Woman:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Maghan Kon\n Fatta – father of\n Sundiata, King of Mali<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Gnaukouman\n Doua: griot of the king<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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visitors give gift of the hunt (honor\n hunting god)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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visitor is a seer (left-handed –\n superstition) – tells his future accurately<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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later…two hunters do exactly what the seer said they would, bring\n a hunchbacked woman to the king as his wife:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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in land of Do, reward was offered for\n death of the wild buffalo – they met an old woman who claimed to be the\n buffalo (the sister of the king who refused her her inheritance). She gave\n very mysterious commands on how to kill it (herself) at a later date (draw\n the bow 3X, throw an egg – it will become a mire). One condition: choose\n the ugliest woman to marry (“You will choose her for she is my\n wraith. She will be an extraordinary woman if you manage to possess\n her”).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Sogolon\n Kedjou, or Sogolon Kondouto (hunchback) – Sundiata’s mother<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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wedding ceremony, but Nar\u00e9 Maghan cannot possess\n her…he tricks her into fainting and takes her, and a son is conceived.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The\n Lion Child:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Sassouma\n B\u00e9r\u00e9t\u00e9:\n \n first wife, very jealous, tries by sorcery to prevent his birth, no dice.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Maghan\n (after his father)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mari\n Djata (a name which no Mandingo prince has ever born)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Childhood:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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“God has his mysteries which none can fathom.\n You, perhaps, will be a king. You can do nothing about it. You, on the\n other hand, will be unlucky, but you can do nothing about that either.\n Each man finds his way already marked out for him and he can change\n nothing of it.” ISLAM<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Namandj\u00e9,\n another wife taken by Nar\u00e9 Maghan<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Manding\n Boukari, or Manding Bory, a half-brother to Sundiata, is born.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Djamarou,\n another son, is born to Sogolon.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Gnaukouman Doua, the griot: “The Almighty has\n the mysteries…the silk-cotton tree emerges from a tiny seed…when the\n seed germinates growth is not always easy; great trees grow slowly but\n they plunge their roots deep into the ground.” (cf Matthew)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Balla\n Fass\u00e9k\u00e9: \n Nar\u00e9 Maghan gives his son a\n griot, the son of his own griot,\n preparing for a changing of the guard (Sundiata is still a child, though).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The\n Lion’s Awakening: King dies. Doua dies. Son of 1st wife becomes\n king (Sundiata is a child), although the real ruler was his mother, who\n hated Sundiata. Baobab tree story. Sundiata receives the title of Simbon,\n or “master Hunter.” He received a great education at the hands\n of his mother (sorcery, superstition, ways of man, medicinal plants…and\n Balla Fass\u00e9k\u00e9 (history of the kings…Alexander…).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Sassouma, 1st and jealous wife, tries to hire the\n nine great witches of Mali to kill Sundiata. They need a reason to do so,\n since “Life has a cause, and death as well. The one comes from the\n other. Your hate has a cause and your action must have a cause. Mother of\n the king, everything holds together, our action will have no effect unless\n we are ourselves implicated, but Mari Djata has done us no wrong. It is,\n then, difficult for us to compass his death.” She sets it up so that\n Sundiata will berate the old women for picking his vegetables, but he\n shows benificence and earns their protection. It turns out his sister, Sogolon\n Kolonkan, is a sorceress looking after him.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Exile:\n Sogolon convinces Djata to leave to protect his siblings from the jealousy\n of Sassouma (Manding Bory has no gift for sorcery and is thus vulnerable).\n King Dankaran Touman (Nar\u00e9\n Maghan’s first son) is weak, ruled by his evil mother. He makes Djata’s\n griot an envoy, separating them. Djata says he will leave this place, but\n return. He is 10 years old. In re Sassouma’s plans: “We think we are\n hurting our neighbor at the time when we are working in the very direction\n of destiny. Our action is not us for it is commanded of us.”\u00a0\n GOD’S PLAN. ISLAM<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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#1 visit: a sorcerer king who is willing to kill\n Sundiata for gold (Sassoume’s attempt)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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#2 visit: town whose prince was Fran\n Kamara, one of Sundiata’s companions. Father is afraid of Sassoume, so\n suggests they go with merchants to Ghana. Sundiata promises to pick up\n Fran on his way back to Mali (after they have grown up!).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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#3 visit: Wagadou, Ghana, whose people are descended\n from Alexander the Great – bad luck ever since man killed the snake jinn (protectress\n of the city) to save his beloved, its victim. Sogolon asks for\n “asylum with the Ciss\u00e9s of Wagadou.” SUNDIATA IS NOW ELEVEN.\n Laws of hospitality are in force. They are welcomed. Purpose of passage –\n to show Sundiata developing leadership traits. Also, kinship between Ghana\n and Mali: “The friendship which unites Mali and Ghana goes back to a\n very distant age, as the elders and griots know. The people of Mali are\n our cousins.” They left Wagadou because of Sogolon’s ill health, but\n were treated royally.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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#4 visit: trek to Mema with merchants by camel\n (unknown in Mali). On journey, Sundiata learns much about the Arab lands\n beyond Ghana and Alexander the Great…Upon arrival at Mema, are greeted\n by King’s sister. He is out on campaign against neighbors. Children adapt\n well, go out hunting with friends…King returns. Sogolon and children are\n welcome – Sundiata goes out on 1st campaign. King sees it is Sundiata’s\n destiny to rule; teaches him to be a warrior (Remember – King has no\n heir). Sundiata becomes Viceroy and rules the country. Soldiers (sofas)\n love him\u00a0 – he is one of them,\n too. Now 18 – his destiny is not here, but in Mali.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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now ruling Mali (this is the sorcerer-king that made\n the merchants tremble with fear).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Soumaoro\n Kant\u00e9 is sorcerer, and smith (master of fire – note 37 in the back of\n the book).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Sundiata’s griot, Balla\n Fass\u00e9k\u00e9, had been taken\n prisoner. One day he snuck into the tower and found the secret room (39)\n and began to play the balafon. Soumaoro *knew*. He improvised: “All\n hail, you who wear clothes of human skin. \/ I salute you, you who sit on\n the skins of kings.” Instead of killing him, Soumaoro took Balla as\n his griot, making war between Soumaoro and Sundiata\n “inevitable”.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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History:\n “It is the griot who rescues the\n memories of kings from oblivion…”<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Soumaoro – an evil demon – broke every\n rule of civilized people – defiled young girls, broke up families,\n humiliated old men, killed kings, sat on seats made from\n their skin…<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Soumaoro makes an enemy of his nephew, who vows\n vengeance – plans to rally with others disgusted by him. Dankaran\n Touman immediately joins him, but is routed by Soumaoro, and flees to\n safety. He always was a coward. S. destroys Niane (Sundiata’s hometown in\n Mali), takes over, but nobody wants him. \u00a0Seers\n determine that the “rightful heir” would save Mali. Now to find\n him. They go out searching. Big names include:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Kountoun\n Manian – old griot from court of Nar\u00e9 Maghan<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Singbin\n Mara Ciss\u00e9 \u00a0– a divine of\n the court<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Siriman\n Tour\u00e9 – another divine<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The\n Baobab Leaves: Mandjin\n Berete and retinue go from village to village trying to sell Malian\n vegetables – finally, Sundiata’s sister Kolonkan\n leads them to Sundiata. They bring news of Mali’s desperation and that\n only Sundiata can save Mali. Sogolon dies and the king of Mema is angry\n that Sundiata wants to leave for Mali (“after all I have done for\n you!”), so he refuses him the right of burying her in Mema. Then, he\n says, OK, but for a price. Sundiata brings back a bowl of broken stuff and\n the remains of destruction as the price he is willing to pay – signifying\n the wasteland Mema will be if the king makes him pay for the land in which\n to bury his mother. The king gets the point, gives Sundiata land to bury\n his mother in. Smart king.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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– Sundiata leaves Mema with one-half the army,\n including cavalry.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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– Soumaoro tries to block Sundiata’s approach to\n Tabon (where his friend Fran Kamara was now king and had risen against\n Soumaoro in expectation of Sundiata’s heralded arrival). Sundiata attacks\n and routs the enemy, narrowly missing killing Sosso Balla, Soumaoro’s son.\n Afterward, a reunion with Fran Kamara and joyous entry into Tabon.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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– Sundiata adds to his army three tribes from\n Tabon.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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– Battle at Negu\u00e9boria – Sundiata was winning, but\n when he tried to attack Soumaoro, he found his magic too great. Another\n method was needed to defeat him.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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– Battle of Kankigne – Sossa surprise attacked at\n night, were fended off by the Wagadous firing flaming arrows into the sky\n so that they fell on the enemies’ backs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The\n Names of the Heroes: Sundiata greets\n all the allies gathered at Sibi: “I have come back, and as long as I\n breathe Mali will never be in thrall – rather death than slavery. We will\n live free because our ancestors lived free. I am going to avenge the\n indignity that Mali has undergone.” EPIC CONTENT –\u00a0 an EPIC\n CATALOGUE<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Nana\n Triban and Balla Fass\u00e9k\u00e9:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Sundiata knew he had to overcome S’s\n magical power to win. Nana Triban\n (Sundiata’s half-sister, become Soumaoro’s wife) and griot, Balla,\n escape from Sossa: they got the secret to his magic power. She asked him\n if he were a man or jinn…in pride, he revealed his secret to her. The\n various heroes perform various deeds worthy of being retold later by a\n griot.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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the rest of the outline and too, notes on the epic\n qualities of the Sundiata, Islamic qualities of the Sundiata,\n and a student’s research on the nature of Sundiata’s power over Soumaoro.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2167,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2191","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2191\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}