The epic of Sumanguru Kante - Stephen P.D. Bulman & Valentin F. Vydrine

The
epic of Sumanguru Kante contains the Bamana
text and English translation of griot Abdoulaye Sako’s oral narrative of the
life of Sumanguru, recorded in 1997 in Koulikoro (Mali), together with
explanatory notes, a scholarly introduction, and sections on the Bamana
language and musical accompaniment. Sumanguru is a familiar figure within
Manding epic oral traditions about ancient Mali. But while these narratives
generally focus on Sunjata Keita, Sako’s oral poem is rare in according
Sumanguru the central role. In so doing he includes hitherto undocumented episodes
relating to Sumanguru’s life and role as the ruler of Soso, the little known
state said to have flourished in the western Sudan between the fall of ancient
Ghana and rise of ancient Mali.

《Sumanguru Kante 传奇》收录了班巴拉语原文及其英语翻译，由格里奥阿布杜拉耶·萨科于1997年在马里库利科罗地区口述的Sumanguru生平故事，同时附有注释、学术导言，以及关于班巴拉语言和音乐伴奏的章节。Sumanguru是关于古代马里曼丁史诗口头传统的熟悉人物。然而，尽管这些叙事通常聚焦于Sunjata Keita，萨科的口头诗篇却罕见地将Sumanguru置于核心地位。在此过程中，他涵盖了Sumanguru生平及其作为索索统治者角色的迄今为止未被记录的片段，而索索是介于古代加纳衰落与古代马里兴起之间，在西苏丹地区兴起的一个鲜为人知的国度。