Sunjata: Book Two: Weapons
- ISBN-10
- 1457528592
- ISBN-13
- 9781457528590
- Series
- Sunjata
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 168
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-09-10
- Author
- M. W. Bennett
Description
The Office of Resources for International and Area Studies (ORIAS) of the University of California at Berkeley provides information about a dramatized version of "Sunjata," an oral epic which celebrates the founder of the 13th-century Mali empire of West Africa. A video recording of the dramatized version is available, as well as a listing of the characters, educational resources for teachers, and a bibliography.
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