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Sundiata and his mother, who now had given birth to two daughters and adopted a second son from Konaté's third wife Namandjé, suffered the scorn of the new king and his mother. After an insult against Sogolon, Sundiata requested an iron rod from the blacksmith Nounfari, which broke when he tried to use it in order to pull himself upright and ...
Sundiata was the son of Naré Maghann Konaté (variation: Maghan Konfara) and Sogolon Condé (variations: "Sogolon Kolonkan" or "Sogolon Kédjou", the daughter of the "buffalo woman", so-called because of her ugliness and hunchback). [17] Sundiata was crippled from childhood and his mother (Sogolon) was the subject of ridicule among her co-wives.
Sundiata may refer to: Sundiata Keita (c. 1217–1255), the king of the Mandinka people and founder of the Mali Empire, subject of the epic poem known as "Sundiata" or "Son Jara" Epic of Sundiata, his story; Sundiata Acoli (born 1939), African-American prisoner; Sundiata Anderson (born 2000), American football player
In the Senegambia region, and in Mali, when the griots praises Sundiata Keita, he is sometimes praised through his mother Sogolon, for example one of the many names ascribed to Sundiata Keita is "Sogolon Djata/Jata", which in Mande mean son of Sogolon. His name "Sundiata" is believed to be a contraction of his mother's name "Sogolon Jata".
The door of the Kouroukan Fouga, in actual Kangaba, in Republic of Mali. Kouroukan Fouga, or Kurukan Fuga, was the constitution of the Mali Empire created after the Battle of Krina (1235) by an assembly of nobles to create a government for the newly established empire, according to the Epic of Sundiata. [1]
The empire was founded by Sundiata Keita, whose exploits remain celebrated in Mali today. In the Epic of Sundiata, Naré Maghann Konaté offered his son Sundiata Keita a griot, Balla Fasséké, to advise him in his reign. Balla Fasséké is considered the founder of the Kouyaté line of griots that exists to this day.
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Gender symbols intertwined. The red (left) is the female Venus symbol. The blue (right) represents the male Mars symbol.. Gender includes the social, psychological, cultural and behavioral aspects of being a man, woman, or other gender identity.