The protagonist of this work wins a game of wori against a king because he knows that the day before, an evil queen mother had sent the king some gold. A hunter in this work defeats a buffalo who had been ravaging a village, and as a reward he is allowed to marry any woman he wants, choosing an extremely ugly hunchbacked woman. The protagonist of this work is born lame, but a blacksmith gives him an iron rod which allows him to stand upright and walk, after which he pulls a baobab tree out of the ground by its roots. At the Battle of NeguÃ©boria, the protagonist of this work fights an enemy who can appear and disappear at will, an evil sorcerer-king who lives in a palace decorated with human skin and containing a magical balafon. This work, a prose version of which was written D. T. Niane, was transmitted orally for centuries by griots. For 10 points, name this e
The protagonist of this work wins a game of wori against a king because he knows that the day before, an evil queen mother had sent the king some gold. A hunter in this work defeats a buffalo who had been ravaging a village, and as a reward he is allowed to marry any woman he wants, choosing an extremely ugly hunchbacked woman. The protagonist of this work is born lame, but a blacksmith gives him an iron rod which allows him to stand upright and walk, after which he pulls a baobab tree out of the ground by its roots. At the Battle of NeguÃ©boria, the protagonist of this work fights an enemy who can appear and disappear at will, an evil sorcerer-king who lives in a palace decorated with human skin and containing a magical balafon. This work, a prose version of which was written D. T. Niane, was transmitted orally for centuries by griots. For 10 points, name this epic which tells of a great king of Mali.
The protagonist of this work wins a game of wori against a king because he knows that the day before, an evil queen mother had sent the king some gold.
The Epic of Sundiata [or Sundiata Keita]