Dankaran Touman (

Manding languages The Manding languages (sometimes spelt Manden) are a dialect continuum within the Mande language family spoken in West Africa. Varieties of Manding are generally considered (among native speakers) to be mutually intelligible – dependent on exp ...

: ''Dànkàràn Túmá'') was the first son of Naré Maghann Konaté (father of Sundiata Keita, founder and first Emperor of the Mali Empire in the 13th century) in the Malian epic of Sundiata. He was also the King of Manden prior to the establishment of the Mali Empire.

History

In the story, Dankaran persecuted his paternal half-brother

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Sundiata Keita.Niane, DjiBril Tamsir, Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa, "Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century", University of California Press (1984), p 131,

(Retrieved : 20 July 2012) After Naré's death, Dankaran and his mother Sassouma Bereté plotted to kill Sundiata Keita because they feared that Sundiata would take the throne. To protect her children, Sogolon Conde (mother of Sundiata) abandoned the country with her children and lived in exile. Mandinka oral tradition suggest that it was foretold that Sundiata would be a great king long before he was born. Sogolon lived in exile with her children for several years. During their time in exile, the Sosso king

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invaded their country ( Niani). Fearing for his life, Dankaran abandoned his subjects and left the country.Belcher, Stephen Paterson, "Epic Traditions of Africa", Indiana University Press, (1999), p 101,

(Retrieved : 20 July 2012) Messengers were sent by the Mandinka elders to go and look for Sundiata so that he could come back and help liberate the Mandinka people, Mandinkah people and their country from the Sosso King. Ki-Zerbo, Joseph, ''

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General History of Africa, Vol. IV, Abridged Edition: Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century'', (editors : Joseph Ki-Zerbo,

Djibril Tamsir Niane Djibril Tamsir Niane (9 January 1932 – 8 March 2021) was a Guinean historian, playwright, and short story writer. Biography Born in Conakry, Guinea, his secondary education was in Senegal and his degree from the University of Bordeaux. He wa ...

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, 1998, pp 54 -55, ''"Mali's Boy-King: A Thirteenth-Century African Epic Becomes Digital"'', By Ronica Roth (in NEH) : Humanities, July/August 1998, Volume 19/Number 4

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Battle of Kirina The Battle of Kirina, also known as the Battle of Krina or Siege of Karina ( c. 1235), was a confrontation between Sosso king Sumanguru Kanté and Mandinka prince Sundiata Keita. Sundiata Keita's forces roundly defeated those of Sumanguru Kant� ...

led to the foundation of the Mali Empire.

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