Sunjata: A West African Epic of the Mande Peoples

David C. Conrad’s Hackett edition follows a performance by the Mande storyteller Djanka Tassey Condé. Look for the episode in which a party goes to find the exiled Sunjata and bring him back to Manden. The publisher also has a recording of Condé’s opening, so you can hear how an answering voice helps set the story in motion.