Sunjata by Bamba Suso

Author:Bamba Suso
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group USA, Inc.
Published: 2010-11-04T00:00:00+00:00

Notes

Bamba Suso: Sunjata

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Sotuma: a village about eight miles west of Basse Santa Su in Fulladu East, Upper River Division of the Gambia.

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The accompaniment which is played on the kora throughout this entire performance is Kura (see Introduction).

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Sanimentereng: a small uninhabited island lying off the coast near Brufut, Kombo North in the Gambia. It is believed to be the abode of many jinns. A person who wishes to secure the aid of these jinns will go to Sanimentereng, after first having received permission to do so from a certain family in Brufut, on a Thursday evening, and will spend the night there, returning to the mainland on Friday. During the night many terrifying apparitions will manifest themselves, but if the person seeking the aid of the jinns remains in control of himself, the leader of the jinns will appear and grant his wish. Some people who have visited Sanimentereng are said to have been driven out of their minds by their experiences during the night that they spent there, and not many people now venture to go there. Though presumably pre-Islamic, the beliefs associated with Sanimentereng have been to some extent adapted to Islam; the jinns are said to be in human form, tall, handsome and dressed in white robes.

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