“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
“You, perhaps, will be a king. You can do nothing about it. You, on the other hand, will be unlucky, but you can do nothing about that either. Each man finds his way already marked out for him and he can change nothing of it.” FateDeterminismSundiataEpic Of Old Mali Author:D. T. Niane