GENERAL HISTORICAL TRADITIONS OF THE MANDEN

This listing of texts offers narratives dealing with the world of Mali in the times before or after Sunjata (mostly after). The lines may be somewhat blurred at times between Bamana and Maninka, and certainly between the historical periods involved. The narratives involve migrations and genealogies; there are also a few purely heroic stories that might equally well be classed elsewhere.

Anonymous	Conquêtes d'el-Hajj Oumar Tradition historique peule, n.p.	Bamana bilingual	pre-1974
	Der Held Gossi Frobenius, Atlantis vi pp. 115-128	German	pre-1910
	Samba Kullung Monteil 1966 pp. 380-385	Bamana Bilingual	pre-1905
Almami Bah	Silamaka Faro Dikko Ousmane Ba 1988, pp. 200-231	Bamana Bil. B-G	summer 1983
Tayiru Bambera	Le riche et le pauvre Thoyer-Rozat 1981	Bamana bilingual	1971
Fode Berete	La geste de Nankomanjan Camara and Jansen, pp. 32-54.	Bamana Bilingual	July 1993
Modibo Bugunte	Hamadi Conrad 1981, pp. 821-827	BamanaEnglish	10 Aug. 1975
* Seydou Camara	Fajigi Conrad 1981, pp. 730-765	Bamana English	Sept. 1975
* see also under hunters
Sine Coulibaly	La fondation de Naréna Camara and Jansen, pp. 109-125.	Bamana Bilingual	1996
Demba Diabate	Légende de Mariheri de Jonkoloni Meillassoux 1978, pp.373-383.	Bamana French	1975
Drissa Diabate	sur Majuma Mori Camara and Jansen, pp. 126-129.	Bamana bilingual	1997
Fanyama Diabate	Stories of the Beginning Conrad 1981, pp. 855-857	Bamana English	18 Oct. 1975
Fanyama Diabate	Surakata Conrad 1981, pp. 777-	Bamana English	18 Oct. 1975
Fanyama Diabate	Shaykh Umar Conrad 1981, pp. 837-852	Bamana English	18 Oct. 1975
Kele Monson Diabate	La dispersion des Mandeka Cisse and Diabate 1970	Bamana	1968?
Mamadi Aissa Diakite	Malik Sy and Bondu Adam 1904 pp. 47-55	Arabic French	ca. 1900
	Ahmadou son of Umar Delafosse 1913 pp. 87-99	Arabic French	ca. 1900
	el-Hajj Umar Delafosse 1913 pp. 61-87	Arabic French	ca. 1900
	Légende d'el hajj Oumar Adam 1904, pp. 70 ff. to end	Arabic	ca. 1900
M'Baba Diallo	Origine des peuls Tradition historique peule	Bamana bilingual	pre-1974
Mbaba Diallo (of Tiguin)	La dina du Macina ... Tradition historique peule	Bamana bilingual	pre-1974
Fakama Kaloga	Surakata Conrad 1981, pp. 771-776	Bamana English	17 Sept. 1975
Fakama Kaloga	Sheykh Umar Conrad 1981, pp. 831-836	Bamana English	11 Oct. 1975
Karamogo Kamara	Les griots de Samatiguila Dérive, 1982.	Dyula bilingual	March 1975
Sory Fina Kamara	Almami Samori Conrad, forthcoming	Bamana English	1985
	Almami Samori Conrad, forthcoming	Bamana English	1994
Nantene Je Kamissoko	Surakata Conrad 1981, pp. 795-797	Bamana English	21 July 1975
Wa Kamissoko	Fila Kali Sidibe Tradition historique peule	Bamana Bilingual	pre-1974
	Les peuls du Manding Kamissoko and Cisse 1991, 153-200 ff.	Bamana Bilingual	1975
	Nan Koman Jan et les guerres de succession Kamissoko and Cisse 1991, pp. 201-206	Bamana Bilingual	1975
	Niani Mansa Kamara Cisse and Kamissoko 1991, pp. 65-83	Bamana Bilingual	1975
El Haji Seyan Keita	Bankumana et Naréna Camara and Jansen, pp. 62-71	Bamana Bilingual	1996
Namamudu Keita	Le conflit avec Nyagasola Camara and Jansen, pp. 72-85.	Bamana bilingual	1997
Drissa Kone	La geste de Nankoman Camara and Jansen pp. 86-97	Bamana Bilingual	1996
Sagone Kone	The Kone Griots Conrad 1981, p. 829	Bamana English	17 Aug. 1975
Mamary Kouyate	The Origin of Blacksmiths Conrad 1981, pp. 728-729	Bamana English	10 Aug. 1975
Jeli Mamary Kouyate	Surakata Conrad 1981, pp. 782-794	Bamana English	August, 1975
Mamary Kouyate	Fajigi Conrad 1981, pp. 766-770	Bamana English	9 Aug. 1975
Mamary Kouyate	Sosan (of Kaarta) Conrad 1981, pp. 578-648	Bamana English	21 Aug. 1975
Lassana Kouyate	Sumanguru and Blacksmiths Conrad 1981, pp. 720	Bamana English	9 Aug. 1975
Sallah Kouyate	Nyamakala Ancestors Conrad 1981, pp. 814-820	Bamana English	8 Sept. 1975
Amadu Kuyate	Les Sabashi-Jakite du Ganan (Wassulu) Amselle et al. 1979 pp. 390-431	Bamana bilingual	Dec. 1968
Amady N'diaye	Al-Hajj Umar and Faidherbe Conrad 1981, pp. 853-854	Bamana English	14 Feb. 1976
Namori Sidibe	L'exil de Nankoman Camara and Jansen pp. 98-108	Bamana Bilingual	1996
Jeli Manga Sissoko	Sumanguru and Blacksmiths Conrad 1981, pp. 718-719	Bamana English	13 Aug. 1975
Jeli Manga Sissoko	The Kusatage Conrad 1981, p. 830.	Bamana English	13 Aug. 1975
	The Gaulow Conrad 1981, p. 828	Bamana English	20 Aug. 1975
	Nyamakala Ancestors Conrad 1981, pp. 805-810	Bamana English	10 July 1975
Fadian Soumanou	Surakata and Fosana Conrad 1981, pp. 798-804	Bamana English	5 Nov. 1975
Satigi Soumarouo	Blacksmiths in Ancient Mali Conrad 1981, pp. 721-727	Bamana English	2 Sept. 1975
	Nyamakala Ancestors Conrad 1981, pp. 811-813	Bamana English	2 Sept. 1975
Dominique Traore	Makanta Djigui Traore 1947	French	? 1947

REFERENCES

M.G. Adam. Légendes historiques du pays de Nioro (Sahel). Paris. Augustin Challamel, 1904.

Jean-Loup Amselle, Zumana Dunbya, Amadu Kuyate and Mohame Tabure. "Littérature orale et idéologie: La geste des Jakite Sabashi du Ganan." Cahiers d'Études africaines 19 (1979), pp. 381-433.

Robert Arnaud. La singulière légendes des soninkés: traditions orales sur le royaume de Koumbi. In L'Islam et la politique musulmane en Afrique occidentale française. Paris, Comité de l'Afrique française, 1912.

Seydou Camara and Jan Jansen, eds. La geste de Nankoman: Textes sur la fondation de Naréna (Mali). Leiden: Center for Non-Western Studies, 1999.

Diango Cisse and Massa Makan Diabaté. 1970. La dispersion des Mandeka. Bamako, Editions populaires.

David C. Conrad. The Role of Oral Artists in the History of Mali. Dissertation, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1981. 2 volumes.

David C. Conrad. Nineteenth Century Epic Heroes. Forthcoming, University of Wisconsin African Studies Program.

Maurice Delafosse. Traditions historiques et légendaires du Soudan Occidental. Publication du Comité de l'Afrique française. Paris. 1913.

Leo Frobenius, Spielmannsgeschichten der Sahel. Atlantis VI. Iena, Eugen Diederichs, 1921. Reprint Martin Sändig.

Cheikh Moussa Kamara. "Histoire du Bondou." ed. Moustapha Ndiaye. Bulletin de l'IFAN 37 ser. b (1975), pp. 784-816.

Wa Kamissoko. Les Peuls du Manding. Niamey. CElHTO. n.d.

Wa Kamissoko and Youssouf Tata Cisse. 1988. La grande geste du Mali. Paris, Karthala/Arsan.

-----. 1991. Soundjata, la gloire du Mali. Paris, Karthala/Arsan.

Claude Meillassoux and Abdoulaye Sylla. "L'interpretation légendaire de l'histoire du Jonkoloni (Mali)" in A. Triulzi, ed. Fonti Orali. Milan, Franco Angeli. 1978. 347-392.

Meillassoux, Claude. 1972. "Les origines de Gumbu (Mali)." Bulletin de l'IFAN. ser. B. 34.2. 268-298.

Charles Monteil. Les Bambara de Segou et du Kaarta. Paris, Maisonneuve et Larose. 1977. First printed 1924. Notes by Jean Bazin.

Charles Monteil. Contes Soudanais. Paris, Ernest Leroux. 1905. Kraus Reprint 1977.

Tradition Historique Peul. Niamey (?), CELHTO 1974. (ed. Youssouf Tata Cisse?)

Dominique Traore. "Makanta Jigi, fondateur de la magie soudanaise." Notes Africaines 35 (July 1947), pp. 23-25.

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