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Mansa Musa

You're Dead to Me

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The Story Telling of the Madian Empire

The sources for this are oral story telling, realy, isn't it? And and what are known as agreo or greot. Can you tell us what that is? There is a a rol and it's a really important role of the story teller, the historian. Their job is to record the history, the authorized version on behalf of the king. They wouldn't do it just as a series of facts. Thatt. These were stories that were fashioned, almost like poetry, that would not be recited because they could be nuante so that in particular situations they would be inflected to tell a particular story in a special way That would have meaning and resonance for

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