The child of Sogolon, the hunchback princess, and Maghan, known as “the handsome”, Sundiata matured to fulfill the prophesies of the soothsayers that he would join the twelve kingdoms of Mali into among the most powerful empires ever understood in Africa, which at its peak stretched right throughout the savanna belt from the coasts of the Atlantic to the dusty walls of Timbuktu. Retold by generations of griots, the guardians of African culture, this oral custom has actually been handed down from the thirteenth century and captures all the secret and majesty of medieval African kingship. It is a legendary tale, part history and part legend.– From back cover.
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