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The Sunjata story

Bamba Suso and Banna Kanute ; translated by Gordon Innes and Bakari Sidibe

(Penguin books)(Penguin classics, . Penguin epics ; 17)

Penguin, 2006

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Penguin epics : the greatest stories ever told

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"This translation of The Sunjata story first published 1974. The extracts in this edition first published in Penguin Books 1999. This extract published in Penguin Books 2006"--T.p. verso

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A child is born who will overthrow a king. After the leader of a great African kingdom hears that a baby has been born who will destroy him, he hides behind a mighty army and surrounds himself with magical charms. There remains only one way to kill him. Concealing this secret weakness from the world, the ruler clings to power. But when the sister of his enemy seduces him, lust overwhelms the king. And as he lies beside her in the night, desperate to know her body, he foolishly begins to share his secret.

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