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	Sundiata Keita - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The story of Sundiata is primarily known through oral tradition, transmitted by generations of Malian griots.
		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.
		Sundiata is possibly identical with Marijata, also celebrated as founder of Mali empire in one or more pieces of oral history recorded by the Arab historian Ibn Khaldun in the late 14th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sundiata_Keita (689 words)

	FESTIVAL SUNDIATA - WELCOME
		Sundiata was the son of Nare Fa Maghan, king of the Mandingo, and Sogolon Conde.
		Sundiata then outlined the Constitution and administrative structures of this union, laying the foundations of the Empire of Mali that stretched from the forests of the south far into the Sahara, north of the great Niger River bend.
		Festival Sundiata named in honor of Sundiata Keita (1210-1260) the historic and legendary Mansa (King of Kings) of the Mali Empire in West Africa, celebrates the popular traditions of this national hero.
	www.festivalsundiata.org (513 words)

	"Background to the epic of Sundiata Keita"
		Historians believe that Sundiata was not a devout Muslim, and that his descendants were the ones who made Islam the official religion of the nobility.
		Most often, they were war captives who could not be ransomed back to their own people, but people could also be enslaved by someone to whom they owed wealth or service, or because they lost all of the rest of their family through some kind of tragedy.
		As described in the epic of Sundiata, these kingdoms were based on walled towns headed by a royal family.
	courses.wcupa.edu /jones/his311/notes/sundiata.htm (2287 words)

	Sundiata
		Sundiata's mother decided to take her son into exile for safety until the time came for him to claim his crown.
		Sundiata came to manhood while traveling through kingdoms hundreds of miles away, learning to hunt, fight and wield proverbs of wisdom of his ancestors.
		During the battle, Sundiata aimed his special arrow and fired, the cock's spur grazing the shoulder of Soumaoro, and all was lost for the Sosso king.
	www.princetonol.com /groups/iad/lessons/middle/sundiata.htm (1181 words)

	Dr. J's Sundiata Study Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sundiata: the son of the Buffalo, the son of the Lion, Maghan Sundiata, Mari-Djata, Sogolon Djata, Naré Maghan Djata, the man of many names against whom sorcery could avail nothing.
		Manding Boukari, or Manding Bory, a half-brother to Sundiata, is born.
		Sundiata brings back a bowl of broken stuff and the remains of destruction as the price he is willing to pay - signifying the wasteland Mema will be if the king makes him pay for the land in which to bury his mother.
	lilt.ilstu.edu /drjclassics/syllabi/IH/sundiata.shtm (1651 words)

	Sundiata Study Guide (Tjart)
		Sundiata is the butt of jokes and criticism for not walking as soon as other children and develops late.
		Sundiata searches for special pool of powerful water in the middle of a mountain only in the company of his griot, Balla Fasseke.
		Sundiata is closely connected-to the Prophet Mohammad via an apparent ancestor of the Keitas, Bilail Bounama (first muezzin and companion to the Prophet).
	isc.temple.edu /ihfaculty/IH51/FacultyforFaculty/sundiatastudy.htm (866 words)

	Sundiata Keita or Mari Diata (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sundiata was the son of Nare Maghan, the ruler of Kangaba, a small state located on a tributary of the upper Niger River.
		Sundiata left Kangaba, but the reason is unknown: he may have gone into voluntary exile to avoid a jealous half brother, or he may have been exiled by Sumanguru Kante, king of the Soso, who killed Sundiata's father and took over his kingdom.
		Sundiata built his capital at Niani, which was in his home region.
	archive.blackvoices.com /research/encarta/tt_195.asp (258 words)

	Mr. Dowling's Sundiata Page
		Sundiata was one of twelve brothers who were the children of a Mandinka warrior.
		Sundiata’s forces killed Samanguru and destroyed his forces in the Battle of Kirina in 1235.
		Sundiata proved himself a great warrior, but he was less interested in power than in once again making West Africa a safe place to travel and trade.
	www.mrdowling.com /609-sundiata.html (244 words)

	Fitting Sundiata into IH 51
		Sundiata's father accepts Sogolon as his wife, despite her eccentric, disgraceful appearance, because she will be mother to the future king.
		I've also traced forms of power in Sundiata, focusing on Sundiata as an epic hero who increases his power by overcoming obstacles to fulfill his destiny, and on the women in Sundiata, exploring how each incarnates a type of power, pointing out how each male in Sundiata depends on women's power and identity.
		Sogolon is a skilled political strategist and diplomat, arranging for Sundiata's apprenticeship in exile and negotiating with foreign sovereigns on his behalf.
	isc.temple.edu /ihfaculty/IH51/FacultyforFaculty/sundiatabig2.htm (1471 words)

	Readings from Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sundiata is still regarded by the Mandingo as their national hero.
		Sundiata was immovable, so the orders were given and the war drums began to beat.
		After a year Sundiata held a new assembly at Niani, but this one was the assembly of dignitaries and kings of the empire.
	www.people.memphis.edu /~kenichls/1301Mali.html (2320 words)

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		Sundiata was in the car with Assata Shakur when they were stopped by New Jersey Nazi Troopers (this is not the usual hyperbole, there were authentic cells of WWII Nazis in that organization).
		Both Assata and Sundiata were subsequently convicted of the murder of the trooper and related charges and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole.
		Just because Sundiata is a former member of the Black Panther Party and was convicted along with another well known member of the BPP Assata Shakur who successfully escaped and was deservedly granted political asylum in Cuba, should not mean that Sundiata should spend the remainder of his life in prison.
	www.afrocubaweb.com /sundiataacoli.htm (1125 words)

	Story of Sundiata (1190?-1255)
		Sundiata, the first known king of Mali, was born the youngest of eleven brothers, according to one legend.
		Sundiata was born to Nare and his second wife Sogolon Conde as a crippled and weak child.
		Sundiata became the Mansa king of kings or emperor of Mali, which at one time was part of Ghana, and established his capital at Niani, on the upper Niger.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Aegean/3872/sunstory.html (1017 words)

	WBAI News : Let's Get Ona Move For Bro. Sundiata! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sundiata Acoli was born in Decatur, Texas on January 14, 1937.
		Sundiata Acoli was employed as a System Analyst and Computer Consultant for Computer Applications, Inc. (CAI) in mid-town Manhattan when using his vacation time, he went to Mississippi to help Black people register to vote.
		Assata and Sundiata were convicted of the murder of trooper Foerster and related charges, and sentenced to life in prison.
	www.wbai.org /artman/publish/article_660.php (1474 words)

	Sundiata (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		After the birth of Sundiata, Sogolon and her son suffered from the persecution by witchcraft of Naré Maghan's first wife, who wished her own son to inherit the kingdom.
		Other historical sources confirm that Sundiata was the second ruler of the kingdom of Mali, which rose in the early thirteenth century.
		Under Sundiata's successors, the cities of Timbuktu and Djenné became major trading centers in the north-south trade between the Mediterranean coast and the Niger River valley.
	www.tnstate.edu /edachowski/sundiata.htm (939 words)

	Sundiata Acoli - New Afrikan political prisoner of war
		Sundiata Acoli, a New Afrikan political prisoner of war, mathematician, and computer analyst, was born January 14, 1937, in Decatur, Texas, and raised in Vernon, Texas.
		The real reason for the 20-year hit is to attempt to force Sundiata to renounce his political beliefs and to proclaim to the world that he was wrong to struggle for the liberation of his people.
		Sundiata is also receiving support from the Jericho Amnesty Movement and and from the Anarchist Black Cross Federation.
	prisonactivist.org /pps+pows/sundiata-acoli (656 words)

	Sundiata Keita -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He was said to have defeated the great enemy, Sumanguru at the battle of Kirina.
		At age 7, he still couldn't walk, and Maghan's other wife used this against him, as she (Sassouma Berete) thought Sundiata would try to kill her son, Prince Dankaran Touman, to become the leader of Mali.
		Sundiata learned to walk with the help of a flsmith who made braces for his legs.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/su/sundiata_keita.htm (184 words)

	Sundiata Recounts Kidney Transplant In Acclaimed One-Man Show
		Spoken-word poet Sekou Sundiata will perform "blessing the boats," a one-person multi-media performance that mixes humor, poetry, drama, visuals and music to tell the life-affirming story of his battle with renal failure and his survival through a kidney transplant, at 8 p.m.
		Sundiata was born in Harlem and came of age as an artist during the Black Arts/Black Aesthetic movement of the 1950s-70s.
		He's got it going on, as a spoken-word poet who embraces the hip-hop nation full on by engaging in hallucinatory rants that boggle the mind with their sheer virtuosity, as well as with an incredible grasp of referential fl history and pop culture in general.
	www.uiowa.edu /~ournews/2005/january/011105sundiata.html (1078 words)

	ARTSEDGE: Sundiata, Mali's Lion King
		This lesson introduces the legendary Malian king Sundiata Keita, known as the Lion King of Mali, by using elements of traditional Malian festivals.
		As students learn about Sundiata's thirteenth-century battle to liberate his people from an oppressive ruler, they will recreate the story in a masked festival that takes elements from two of the most important Malian ceremonies: the Dama and the Sirige.
		Sundiata: Lion King of Mali by David Wisniewski is recommended.
	artsedge.kennedy-center.org /content/2352 (3181 words)

	Sundiata Keita Biography / Biography of Sundiata Keita Biography
		Sundiata, or Sun Djata, was also known in the Tarikhs (Moslem chronicles) as Mari Djata.
		Sundiata was the son of Maghan Kon Fatta, ruler of the small Malinke kingdom of Kangaba, situated on the Niger River a short distance to the southwest of Bamako, the capital of modern Mali.
		Sundiata was handicapped from birth, and his life story follows the universal theme of a culture hero's overcoming of extreme adversity to attain greatness.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-sundiata-keita (596 words)

	RW ONLINE:Sundiata Acoli
		Sundiata Acoli and Assata Shakur were captured, framed and subjected to years of brutality by the state.
		Sundiata has also made his experience and conclusions available through a series of writings that analyze the legacy of the Black Panther Party, denounce the criminalization of Black youth, and lay out his support for the New African Independence Movement.
		Sundiata Acoli is a living proof of the fact that in the U.S., the biggest criminals run the society, while heroic representatives of the oppressed are persecuted.
	rwor.org /a/v19/940-49/941/acoli.htm (1986 words)

	Sundiata v. Son-Jara
		In addition, all of the griots were present at the birth of Sundiata to support and praise his entrance into the world (14).
		Balla Faseke, Sundiata's griot, informed Nounfairi's son Farakourou that there was a need for the iron bar, and Farakourou quickly produced it.
		The griots supply Sundiata with advice, and they keep the knowledge of history and family alive by reminding those around them of key moments in the past.
	server1.fandm.edu /departments/anthropology/Bastian/ANT269/suny.htm (543 words)

	Sekou Sundiata
		Spoken Word is enjoying a level of resurgence on record and in live performance, and Sekou Sundiata is one of the number of poet performers who does it with a badass live band.
		Sundiata taught writing and related courses at the New School of Social Research in NYC, and is a former fellow at the Sundance Film Institute.
		All the words are Sekou Sundiata's, and the beautiful music and arrangements by Mark Batson, who primarily plays keyboards on the record.
	www.puremusic.com /sekou.html (292 words)

	Sundiata Services :: Profile
		Sundiata Services was founded in 2003 by Michael Odo.
		It didn't take long to realize that a small businesses like Sundiata Services had a major opportunity to advertise its products on the Internet.
		He found the opportunities for these other small businesses to be relatively unlimited and enjoyed helping other small business owners become successful by profiting from owning a website.
	www.sundiata.4t.com /profile.htm (236 words)

	Amazon.com: Sundiata : Lion King of Mali: Books: David Wisniewski (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A 13th-century prince overcomes physical infirmities and exile to rule Mali; of the artist's "stunning" cut-paper collages, PW said, "Historically accurate images are sharp without starkness, expressive of raw power and delicate fragility by turns." Ages 5-9.
		Sundiata neither walks nor speaks for the first seven years of his life, but is still named heir over his older brother.
		Sundiata : An Epic of Old Mali, Longman African Writers Series (Longman African Classics) by D.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0395764815?v=glance (1330 words)

	The Africana QA: Poet Sekou Sundiata
		Poet Sekou Sundiata is in the vanguard of American poets.
		Sundiata, 54, a tall, medium built man of chocolate complexion prone to wearing hip hats (dig the great red straw on the cover of his album Long Story Short), is a man of easy manner, good humor and deceptively languid eyes that somewhat mask the intensity and keen socio-cultural awareness within.
		Blessing the Boats, Sundiata’s current one-man production, deals with his past as a kidney disease survivor and kidney transplant recipient, an understandably essential element of his life.
	archive.blackvoices.com /articles/qa/mu20031021sekou.asp (1911 words)

	SunDiata History
		Our first Basenji, purchased from Melody Russell, had earned 9 points and had produced one litter when the newly developed test for Hemolytic Anemia revealed that Charisma was a carrier, and she was spayed.
		One clear daughter, however, was bred, producing the lovely Bia of SunDiata.
		Before she could begin her show career, Bia was hit by a car, and walked with a permanent limp.
	www.npgcable.com /~basenji/history.html (380 words)

	iKidney - Sundiata, Sekou (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sundiata embraces the audience during a blessing the boats performance.
		Sundiata received his CAPD training at LifeCare by “two wonderful nurses.” He began his training on the same day that his catheter was implanted and continued for the rest of the week.
		He wishes to express his appreciation to Sekou Sundiata and Lisa Phillips, Director of Booking, MAPP on Tour, MultiArts Projects and Productions, New York, NY, for their assistance in preparing this article.
	ikidney.com /iKidney/Community/PatientProfiles/Tab_3/SundiataSekou.htm (2769 words)

	Assata Shakur
		The third person in the car, Sundiata Acoli, is still serving time over 30 years later and has recently been denied parole for another 20 years.
		The action was taken on the 32nd anniversary of the fatal shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1973 in which one officer, Trooper Werner Forester, and a companion of Shakur's, Zayd Shakur died.
		Sundiata Acoli and Assata Shakur were tried and convicted of both murders, although ample evidence exists that demonstrates otherwise.
	afrocubaweb.com /assata.htm (5339 words)

	Sundiata links
		Roland Bertol, Sundiata, The Epic of the Lion King (Illustrated by Gregorio Prestopino).
		The role of women is reduced -- Sundiata walks in order to defy Sumanguru, rather than to aid his mother and Bala Fasseke, rather than Sundiata’s sister, uncovers the secret of Sumanguru's weakness.
		The CD has two versions of the Sundiata praise song: "while the words remain basically the same, instruments and tunings vary from one region to another.
	ias.berkeley.edu /orias/sundiata.html (1475 words)

	Sundiata Acoli (1937–) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A brief biography of Sundiata Acoli and his role in the BPP.
		Sundiata Acoli is one of the longest held political prisoners in the U.S. Now over 60, he remains an unbroken revolutionary committed to the liberation of Black people in the U.S. Poem for Sundiata
		Written in honor of Sundiata Acoli’s Birthday—1/9/99, by Assata Shakur, 9 January 1999.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/45a/index-bea.html (188 words)

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