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THE EPIC OF SUMANGURU KANTE - The Epic of Sumanguru Kante. Narrated by Abdulaye Sako, edited by Stephen P. D. Bulman and Valentin F. Vydrine. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2017. Pp. 172. $80.00, paperback (ISBN: 978-90-04-34796-0); $80.00, e-book (ISBN: 978-90-04-34933-9).
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10 There are some minor errors and omissions. The editors' reference to Brett-Smith lacks citation (viii, xi); Sasuma Berete is identified as ‘Sunjata's mother’ (77n26); McIntosh citation should be 2000: 168 (89n58); Bühnen index entry should be 96n81 (165).