Sundjata keita: a saga do herói ancestral

Abstract

This work has as aim to present and explore the narrative that tells the story of Sunjata Keita, an African prince who became the great Emperor of Mali, an ancestral hero connected to his traditions, to his people and until this days reminded and exalted by the West Africans. A story passed from generation to generation through oral tradition and written by a great African historian, a doma, Djibril Tamsir Niani, who has heard it from a djeli, Mamadu Kuyate, which will be now passed on to students in Elementary and Secondary Education.