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Three hunters journey to the underground kingdom of Kaidara, god of gold and knowledge. Only the one who grasps that wisdom must be earned escapes transformed. A Fulani philosophical poem on greed, patience, and sacred knowledge.

The epic of Sundiata Keita, founder of the Mali Empire, as told by the griot Djeli Mamoudou Kouyaté to D.T. Niane in the 1950s. Sundiata overcomes physical disability, exile, and enemies to unite the Mandinka people.

The Ijo oral epic of Ozidi, performed over seven nights, following a warrior's posthumous son who avenges his father's murder through supernatural power. Clark-Bekederemo filmed and transcribed a complete performance.