Wise Old Man- Tommy Ristau
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This document discusses the archetype of the wise elder, providing examples from various cultures throughout history and fiction. The wise elder archetype represents a kind, knowledgeable older figure who uses life experience and wisdom to guide and teach others. Examples discussed include the biblical figure Moses, the Greek elder Nestor, the Roman goddess Minerva, independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, the Star Wars character Yoda, and the Harry Potter character Albus Dumbledore.
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“What saved him?
His hands.
When you are popular you must have an open hand.
It is a man’s generosity that will save him.
Nothing saved Sunjata but his hands” (lines 1095-99).
Author
Time/Date of Composition
Contextual Information
Form
Major Themes
Preview
Sunjata is the only reading (so far) with a still active
oral tradition. The version we’re reading is a written
rendering of an oral performance by Tassey Condé
in the 1990s
Condé was a jeliw who lived in Fadama in
Northeastern Guinea (Norton)
However… There is no single author, as Sunjata has
been passed down and told by many different bards
Author
Time/Date of Composition
Probably composed
between late 1200s CE
and early 1300s CE
Evidence of Sunjata’s
life is corroborated
through the writings of
Ibn Battuta, a
Berber/Moroccan
explorer/traveler in the
1350s BCE
(Book cover of The Travels of
Ibn Battuta)
Mande People.
Mande (also called Mandinka) people live in
northeastern Guinea, southern Mali, and parts of
sub-Saharan West Africa (Norton)
Mande people are comprised of a variety of
independent groups “dominated by a hereditary
nobility” the Kangaba group has had an
uninterrupted dynasty lasting 13 centuries
(“Mandinga” from Encyclopedia Brittanica)
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https://www.britannica.com/topic/Malinke
Mande people founded the Mali Empire, one of the
most powerful empires in Western Africa:
“The Empire was founded in 1235 CE by the legendary
King Sundiata [ii], and lasted until the early 1600s CE
[iii]. The Empire’s most famous ruler was named
Mansa Musa, and chroniclers of the times wrote that
when he travelled to Mecca on a pilgrimage he
distributed so much gold that he caused great inflation
lasting a decade “ (“The Empire of Mali” from South
African History Online)
Contextual Information
https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/empire-mali-1230-1600
Contextual Information
(“Detail Showing Mansa Musa Sitting on a Throne” from Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_I_of_Mali#/media/File:Catalan_Atlas_BNF_Sheet_6_Mansa_Musa.jpg
Sunjata is credited with founding the Mali Empire
He united various clans and defeated the Soso
peoples--ruled by King Sumaworo--at the Battle of
Kirina (1235)
Factoid: Sunjata translates to “Sogolon’s lion”
Sunjata is thus known as “the Lion King of Mali”;
scholar Mary Ellen Snodgrass observes that Sunjata
may be the historical basis for Disney’s The Lion King
(“epic, African” from Encyclopedia of the Literature of
Empire)
Contextual Information
https://books.google.com/books?id=LXyyYs2cRDcC&lpg=PT88&ots=gkIHLN19x5&dq=ellen%20snodgrass%20sundiata&pg=PT88#v=onepage&q=ellen%20snodgrass%20sundiata&f=false
Family/genealogy and Islam.
“Political alliances are often determined by ancestral
ties between royal families, and intermarriage between
kingdoms serves to bind separate communities into a
larger familial group. .
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