Essay On Sundiata

Sundiata: An Old Epic of Mali is a verbal tale of the conquest and history of one of Mali’s great rulers- Sundiata, whose mother’s life I argue served as a premonition of how Sundiata’s destiny would play out. Early in the story we learn of the Maghan Kon Fatta and how his greatness as a natural ruler spread superseded his own realm of dominion into the neighboring cities. Sundiata in his own life has always had the blessing of seeing both sides of any situation. In the Sundiata’s parents, he was given the opportunity to help his mother fulfill her life’s mission to raise a king, however only after we learned how earlier on in the story, Sundiata brought shame to his mother, embarrassment so deep that she felt she would never be able to overcome.
In addition, the knowledge in which his Father bestowed on Sundiata, although even at a young age seems like without it perhaps the epic would likely have been met with Sundiata making different decisions such as leaving the other empires stayed at later in his life. I argue that Sundiata’s mother’s life Sologon in many ways mirrors what Sundiata did because both Sundiata and his mother took essentially their whole lives to complete there life goals and I think the main difference between the life goals of Sundiata and Sologon is the scale. Sologon wanted to make something that was great and when she faced some adversities out of her control such as her beauty although she did not have to go out and marry instead Maghan came to her. On the other hand, Sundiata was physically impaired and in order to overcome this he waited for the perfect opportunity to become whom he was destined to be. A key similarity is that both of the issues faced by Sologon and Sundiata were physically based issues that ended up becoming essential to their