Sundiata Ideology

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Sundiata is about the founding of the Mali Empire in West Africa. The Mali Empire being one of the three great West African Empires was located just below the Sahara Desert. The Mali Empire is not the same as the nation of Mali. While reading the story I got confused on if the nation of Mali was the same as the empire. The Mali Empire was greatly influenced by Islam. It was also a polytheistic empire and the religion of Islam was adopted into their beliefs instead of subsuming to it.
The epic pin points the exploits of Sundiata Keita. His father, Maghan Kon Fatta, had several wives. He was the second son of Maghan and the son of Sogolon Kedjou. His father was the king of the Malinke people. Around the twelfth century the Ghana Empire fell and many smaller kingdoms expanded outwards. As the Malinke people expanded so did the Sosso Empire. After the death of his father, his brother was crowned king and exiled Sundiata (Sundiata, 27). While being exiled, the Sosso Empire invaded the Malinke Empire. When Sundiata returned …show more content…

Sologon Kolokan helped their mother when she was younger by staying with her siblings and helping her mother do housework. She understood her mother’s misery and wanted to help in any way she could. When Sassouma tried to hire the nine witches to kill Sundiata Sologon Kolokan knew they were no harm to Sundiata. Sassouma thought that Sundiata would berate the witches for picking the vegetables, but instead he showed beneficence and earned the witches protection. Sologon Kolokan turned out to be the sorceress protecting Sundiata. Balla Fasseke is Sundiata’s griot, given to him by his father as a child (Sundiata, 17). His role in Sundiata’s life is to relay Sundiata’s words to the population (Sundiata, 58). He is also Sundiata’s historian. Balla is there to guide Sundiata. He is not just Sundiata’s griot, he is also his friend being that they became inseparable as children (Sundiata,

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