question archive 1) Sundiata gets his power through his mother and to a lesser extent his father
1) Sundiata gets his power through his mother and to a lesser extent his father
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1) Sundiata gets his power through his mother and to a lesser extent his father. Explain how his lineage is mythically established? How important was "family" in medieval African society? How does Sundiata's pedigree reflect the co-existence of traditional religious beliefs and Islam? PLEASE CITE FROM THE TEXT! DO NOT USE THIS AS AN ANSWER: "Family life and genealogy play a central role in medieval African society as depicted in the Sundiata story. Political alliances are often determined by ancestral ties between royal families, and intermarriage between kingdoms serves to bind separate communities into a larger familial group. The genealogy of the ruling king is preserved in detail through the jali, and he is often called upon to recite the entire history of the royal family on important ceremonial occasions and especially before great battles. Although Sundiata's genealogy is based in West Africa, the origins of the family are traced back to Bilali Bounama, the first muezzin and companion of the prophet Muhammad. Like most medieval Muslim dynasties, the Mali emperors linked themselves to the prophet's family or with someone near them. Thus Sundiata is tied both to his ancestral land in Mali and to the newer religion which had spread through northern Africa."
