Nubia Kai

Kuma Malinke Historiography

Sundiata Keita to Almamy Samori Toure

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Kuma examines the philosophy of history and methodology of the Malinke historians through an in-depth analysis of historical oral literature and the griots' own theories on historicization. Significant components of griot Malinke history are exposed for the first time in English, in this highly informative and insightful text.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 162mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 685g
• ISBN-13: 9780739182680
• ISBN-10: 0739182684
• Artikelnr.: 40871996

Autorenporträt

By Nubia Kai

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: A Brief History of Mande Chapter 3:
Malinke Myths Chapter 4: Origins of the Malinke Griots Chapter 5: Malinke
Historiography Chapter 6: Kuma Lafolo Kuma: Sundiata Keita and the Rise of
the Mali Empire Chapter 7: Kuma Lafolo Kuma and the Revelation of the
Secret Word Chapter 8: Mansa Musa and Manding Bokari Chapter 9: Kuma