Sundiata
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The Words of the Griot Mamadou Kouyaté The First Kings of Mali The Buffalo Woman The Lion Child Childhood The Lion's Awakening Exile Soumaoro Kanté: The Sorcerer King History The Baobab Leaves The Return The Names of the Heroes Nana Triban and Balla Fasséké Krina The Empire Kouroukan Fougan or The Division of the World Niani Eternal Mali
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All Themes Storytelling and Memory Fate and Destiny Heroism Family, Community, and the Mali Empire Magic and Religion
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All Characters Sundiata/Maghan Mari Djata Sogolon Kedjou Manding Bory/Manding Boukari Soumaoro Kanté Sassouma Bérété Dankaran Touman Maghan Kon Fatta
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All Symbols Trees, Seeds, and Growing The Buffalo of Do Hymn to the Bow
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Sundiata

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