Jump to content

Sundiata Keita

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Francs2000 (talk | contribs) at 14:13, 13 April 2004 (msg:cleanup). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

You must add a |reason= parameter to this Cleanup template – replace it with {{Cleanup|reason=<Fill reason here>}}, or remove the Cleanup template.

Mythic hero of the Mandinga (West Africa) celebrated in the Sunjata Epic as founder of the Mali empire. Possibly identical with Marijata, also celebrated as founder of Mali empire in one or more pieces of oral history recorded by the Arab historian Ibn Khaldun in the late fourteenth century.