Djibril Tamsir Niane

Senegalese and Guinean writer and historian (1932–2021) · 1932–2021

Appears in 2 videos · 2 passages, 2 of them in depth.

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Djibril Tamsir Niane (9 January 1932 – 8 March 2021) was a Guinean historian, playwright, and short story writer.

28:00Sundiata, or the Mandingo EpicHis transcription of the Mandingo epic, which plays the role of the Iliad in West Africa; reading of the griot's opening.

8:53Sundiata, or the Mandingo EpicTranscriber of the Mandingo epic, the equivalent of the Iliad in the Sahel; he reads its opening: "We are the sacks of speech."