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As a descendant of king Touramakhan, a general to Sundiata, this epic touches my soul in a very deep sense. Thank you for the post. Bless their souls.

14:13 reminds me of a quote from a book of my own faith, the Havamal. “75. Cattle die and kinsmen die, thyself too soon must die, but one thing never will die, -- fair fame of one who has earned.”

Can closed captions be enabled for this video? I support students who may need closed captions.

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wow. love it. very beautiful! 🙏🏽👍🏽

The female jali name?

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So beautiful! This is how history is told, breathtakingly rich and everlasting. Thank you for sharing this with the world.

Merci beaucoup!

This is so beautiful I feel so proud to be from Mande!❤

I am glad I was part of this initiative!

I dont understand this 😭😭and i have coz it's homework, pls somebody help 🙏🏾🙏🏾

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Truly one of the best modern Kobzars... so modest with wonderful and unique artistry ... Great voice and world class bandura player mastery of all types with deep knowledge of its roots and kobzars tragic history across russian/sovok invasion of the last 300 years...Bravissimo !!!

Thank you so Much for this Great Epic of AFRIKA about One of Her GREATEST SONS: the Great Sounjiata Keita.

Mesmerizing! Especially loved 6:17

History classwork

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Great performance including favorite classics as well as the extraordinary, exquisite pieces that one can only hear from Julian Kytasty. The grand finale beginning at 1:34 is the exquisite, haunting Lenten "Hymn to the Mother of God" where Julian is joined by Alina Kuzma & Marcia Ostashewski. Impossible not to be mesmerized by this trio's rendition. The evening ends with Oy u Luzi... Thank you Julian for an exceptional performance!

Very nice. It is a pleasure to be working with Lassana over the next few months in research/artistic creation.

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I will never get tired of watching this performance, my ancestors...proudly mandinka

My 9th-grade students read this book every year. It's fantastic.

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thank you very much for this wonderful video

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Love the music thank u

Am a proud mandinka thank you sunjata kaika ❤️❤️

I want to sing. I need help. I am hard for hearing.. please help Me. I want to express myself.

Powerful

His translations of what she’s saying is incomplete. I am Mandinka ( dialect: Kuranko ). So I understand everything!

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Beautiful performance!

this story was boring af when i learnt it in class, nice performance though

African culture and literature is very interesting... thank you for sharing this clip

8:16 familiar....

The great history of madin king sunjata keita we love you & we never forget you ⚔️♥❤💥☠️

Awesome. A wonderful African epic. Go Sunjata! A story and history for all times.

Best attempt at Transcript. Reply with any corrections [1:58] He took his bow and arrow, the brave son of Sogolon and conquered the savannah. He took his bow and arrow, the master hunter, son of Sogolon, the buffalo woman who gave birth to the lion king of Mande [2:53] This is the Sundjata Fasa the epic of the mande people It is the story of great adversity that befell the people of old mali This is how they survived a oppressive power seven centuries ago, [3:46] Soumaoro, the sorcerer king, entered the land of Mande. He unleashed terror on his people. The day he entered Mande, he was wearing a hat of human skin. The day he invaded Mande, he was wearing a robe of human skin. Shoes made with human skin-Oh what a frightful sight. The people of Mande gathered a [...], their oldest village, to lament their plight. [5:25] The epic of Sundjata is a story of rivalry, of ferocious rivalry between the two wifes of Nare Maghan of old Mali. Sassouma Bereté, the first queen, was beautiful but mean spirited. Sogolon, the second, was an ugly hunchback with a kind and generous heart. Poligamy breeds competition not only between the wives of one man but also among the children they bring into this world. [7:10] Who would be king, who would inherit king Nare Maghan’s throne? Sassouma’s son, Dankaran Touman? Or Sogolon’s son, Sundjata? Who would become the great savior the soothsayers predicted? Is it said that the big tree grows out of a small seed But patience is hard for human mortals Sundjata’s destiny was a threat to his half brother and Sassouma cast a spell on him Seven years after his birth Sundjata still could not walk He became an object of much ridicule [8:54] “Today I will walk,” Djata [Sundjata] said “to fetch sweet baobab leaves for you my dear mother” As he tore himself from the ground, stood on his feet and took his first step, Sogolon broke into song: “Come out man and woman of Mande. Come out witches and sorcerers, your spell is finally broken. Sundjata is marching forward.” Sundjata the master hunter, king of the savannah is called [...] Sundjata told his mother, “gather your belongings. Let’s leave the land of Mande for a while. Exile is hard but it brings out your good character. Let’s go to Mema in the north.” [11:22] The hero is not loved, except on troubled days the proverb goes The Mande were suffering in the hands of Soumaoro, the sorcerer king They said, “who will save us today. Let’s go find Sundjata, the son of Sogolon. He has become a brave warrior, we heard. His time has come. His half brother, Dankaran Touman, drove him away, yesterday. But today we need him to free his fatherland.” [13:10] Sundjata came back to unite his people against tyranny. Who joined his noble cause? Kamadia of Sibi. Prince of the Kamara clan. [...] who defected from his uncle, the sorcerer king, to fight for justice. Thus Mande was freed from oppression Laughter and happiness came back to his people. Sundjata the lion king, king of kings, was my ancestor. He was called Kieta which means: “take your heritage, make it greater before you pass it on to posterity.” Sundjata became an emperor seven centuries ago His memory rests with the griot or djeli that you see here with me. Death will eat your flesh, swallow your bones but it has no power over what we call tooboo, Your good fame that will live forever in your story and songs Sundjata was so concerned about his own immortality that when he felt that his days were ending He took his griot on his back and toured the length of his empire. He told his people to take good care of the griots So that they could perpetuate his memory-their memory.

This is absolutely beautiful. I'm so overcome with emotion.

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Blessings be on to my ancestors from Mali. I'm from Liberian and we are the children of the Mendé empire ❤️

Never got into African culture to listening to this is new to me

currently studying this for history in university, first time i watched it i absolutely balled, could not stop crying tears of absolute joy and awe, this is so beautiful as a historical story stretching 700 years.

Powerful vocals

I love the richness of African history.