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Sunjata

West African epic

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African oral literature

  • Athol Fugard with John Kani and Winston Ntshona
    In African literature: The epic

    …in the West African epic Sunjata, magic keeps Sumanguru in charge and enables Sunjata to take over. It is a time of momentous change in the society. In Ibonia there are major alterations in the relationship between men and women; in Sunjata and in the epic Mwindo of the Nyanga…

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  • Athol Fugard with John Kani and Winston Ntshona
    In African literature: The epic

    …in the epics Ibonia and Sunjata is that heroic poetry, in the form of the praise name, provides a context for the evolution of a heroic story. In both of those epics, the panegyric forms a pattern, the effect of which is to tie the epic hero decisively and at…

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