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Sunjata - The Magna Carta of Mali
The core that Sunjata existed, that he was the first emperor, I believe to be true. The elements of the Sunjata legend or epic could have been combined from many different traditional tales. But I think there are elements of truth and in terms of place names in the different bits of this epic as related. There are also interesting hints as to where we might seek for material evidence. In fact, we certainly come back to evidence later.