“We are vessels of speech, we are the repositories which harbour secrets many centuries old. The art of eloquence has no secrets for us; without us the names of kings would vanish into oblivion, we are the memory of mankind; by the spoken word we bring to life the deeds and exploits of kings.” HistoryPowerKingsPower Of WordsAfricaMaliSundiata Author:D.T. Niane, Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali