Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on African Epics: The Sundiata and the Kebra Negast. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
This 3 page paper discusses the two epics, the Kebra Negast and Sundiata and the way in which they depict the creation of national identities. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Page Count:
3 pages (~225 words per page)
File: KV32_HV680120.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. African Epics: The Sundiata and the Kebra Negast Research Compiled
by K. Von Huben 10/2010 Please Introduction Much of African storytelling is in the oral tradition,
which makes the tales uniquely alive and constantly changing. This paper briefly compares two such epics, the Sundiata and the Kebra Negast with regard to how they helped create nations;
it also compares and contrasts them. Discussion Sundiata is the name of the man who was prophesied to become a great king of Mali; the story is told by "griots"
(storytellers) throughout Africa, who change it depending on what each feels is the most important aspect of the tale (Scott, 2006). According to one version, King Maghan of Mali received
a prophesy that two hunters would come to him with an extremely ugly woman, but he should marry her because she would bear him a son who would become the
greatest king of Mali ever known (Sundiata: Lion king of Mali). The two hunters did come, bringing with them a woman named Sogolon Kedju, whom the king married; the two
had a son, whom they called Sogolon Diata, which eventually became Sundiata (Sundiata: Lion king of Mali). King Maghans first wife, Sassouma, was wildly jealous because Sundiatas birth meant
that her son, Dankaran Touman, would not come to the throne; but for a time it seemed as though Sundiata would not inherit, since by age seven he was not
yet walking, had no friends, and spent his time eating (Sundiata: Lion king of Mali). Then King Maghan died and Soussouma made sure Dankaran took the throne, and insulted Sogolon
...