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This powerful and popular epic honors the legendary warrior prince of Kaabu and Mandinka cultural hero, Kelefaa Saane. A standard of the griot repertoire, the epic of Kelefaa Saane is customarily taught to young performers at the beginning of their careers. Sirifo Camara's masterful recitation was recorded in Dakar in 1987. It has been transcribed in Mandinka and is translated into English here for the first time. The epic, as it describes Kelefaa's life and exploits, relates what it means to be Mandinka. Kelefaa's extraordinary prowess and virtue derive from the political, social, moral, and theological founding myths of the Mandinka people. This beautiful and engaging performance provides a unique perspective on the intellectual and literary heritage of West Africa.
Mandingo poetry --- Mandingo poetry. --- Mandingo literature --- Saane, Kelefa
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While in exile in Gabon (1895–1902), Sheikh Ahmadu Bamba marked a historic moment with his poetry of resilience, pivotal to the cultural and religious transformation of the Murīds of Senegal. The qaṣāʾid (poems) included in this annotated edition, most of them hymns of praise to the qualities of Allāh and the Prophet Muḥammad, and professions of faith that demonstrate how to realize the precepts found in the Qur’ān, display the underlying elements of Sheikh Ahmadu Bamba’s imaginative energy and poetic vision. They reveal a unifying poetic purpose and exemplify Ṣūfī literary traditions in subject matter, form, and versification and aim to explore the deepest regions of mysticism in search of the divine truth.
Sufi poetry, Arabic --- Arabic Sufi poetry --- Arabic poetry --- Bāmbā, Aḥmadū, --- Aḥmad Banba, --- Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb Allāh, --- Ahmadou Bamba, --- Ahmadou Bamba Mbacké, --- Aḥmadū Bāmbā, --- Ahmed ben Mohamed ben Abib Allah, --- Ahmed ibn Mohamed ibn Habiboullah ibn Mahram ibn Habiboullah ibn Mohamed el Kebir ibn Said ibn Othman, --- al-Bakki, Aḥmad, --- Amadou Bamba, --- Amadu Bamba, --- Bamba, Mouhamadou, --- Bakî, Mohammed ben Habîb-Allâh, --- Bamba, Ahmad, --- El Bekki, Ahmad, --- Mbacké, Ahmadou Bamba, --- Mbacké, Amadu Bamba, --- Serigne Touba, --- Sériñ Touba, --- بامبا، أحمدو --- Bakī, Aḥmad Bamb, --- Khādīm, Aḥmad Bamb, --- Shaykh al-Khadīm, --- Criticism and interpreration. --- Khadimou Rassoul, --- Khadim Rassoul,
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