Sunjata

by Bamba Suso, Gordon Innes, Banna Kanute, et al.

Book Overview

Sunjata Keita was the founder of one of the greatest empires of Western Africa. These two epic accounts of his life portray a greedy, slow-witted child - said to have crawled until the age of seven - who grew up as prophecy foretold to become a mighty warrior, renowned for his bravery and superhuman strength. They describe how, with the help of his sister, who seduced their arch-enemy Sumanguru into revealing his secret powers, Sunjata defeated the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140447369
• ISBN13: 9780140447361
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

The real Africa exposed

I have read many books that show africa in a negative light and say that Africa people have never accoplished anything. The books are still coming out from the Bell Curve to J.Phillipe Rushton. I feel all these people have a biased eurocentric view of the world and are writting these just because of politicks. I read Sunjata and it really changed my perpective of Africa history. Sunjata is worth a read for anybody uif they want to know the truth about Africa and not the biased perceptions we have of the so called dark continent.