106A-African Legends: Long Live the King

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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The epic of Sundiata, the founder of the Mali empire, has everything - magical old women, evil magician kings, nice magician kings, and helpful buffaloes. The first part is like Mean Girls...if Mean Girls was set in 12th century Africa. But really, it's a fantastic tale of love, loss, and perseverance and I hope you like it. The creature today has a surprise for you! It's her mule legs! Also she's going to eat you! !---! We were nominated for a Webby and we need your vote! If you have a moment, please go to http://wbby.co/pod-writ and cast your vote for Myths and Legends. Thanks so much! !---! Sponsors: Amazon Music Unlimited has millions of songs and you can start a 30-day trial free at http://amazonmusic.com Squarespace! Build amazing, beautiful websites so, so easily with squarespace. You can get started, and when you're ready for a domain you can go to http://www.squarespace.com (promo code MYTHS) for $10 off your first purchase of a website or domain. --- Music: "Alum Drum Solo" by Blue Dot Sessions "Gaena" by Blue Dot Sessions "Gale" by Blue Dot Sessions "Daedalus" by Kai Engel "Low Jack" by Podington Bear "Ringtail" by Blue Dot Sessions "Lonely Stairwell" by Blue Dot Sessions

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, Missen Legends was nominated for a webby this year.
0:03.2	We're so excited. Part of that means we're eligible for the People's Voice Award,
0:06.8	which means we need your vote. If you'd like to help us out,
0:09.6	please consider voting for Missen Legends and sharing it with friends.
0:12.5	We're currently tied for first, so we could really use your vote.
0:16.2	Go to vote.mythpodcast.com. Thanks so much.
0:21.2	This week on Missen Legends, it's the start of the story of Sunjata,
0:25.7	an epic story from West Africa, where you'll see that if you're hunting a monster,
0:30.0	it's actually a good idea to sit down and have a conversation with that monster,
0:33.3	that's plaguing your kingdom. You might just convince it to let you kill it.
0:37.6	On the creature of the week, you'll see how to tell if your date is actually an evil vampire.
0:41.9	The giant bronze leg they're dragging around everywhere is a pretty solid giveaway.
0:46.4	This is Missen Legends, episode 106A. Long live the king.
1:01.7	This is a podcast where I tell stories from mythology and folklore.
1:04.8	Some are incredibly popular stories you think you know, but with surprising origins,
1:08.8	and others are stories that might be new to you, but are definitely worth a listen.
1:12.3	Today's story is that of Sunjata, the founder of the Mally Empire. Unlike a lot of the stories
1:18.4	in this podcast, this is linked directly to a real ruler who ruled Mally in the 13th century.
1:24.4	The Empire of Mally stretched far beyond the modern day borders of the West African country.
1:28.9	In this instance, Legend is interwoven with history, and I don't want to give too much of the
1:32.7	story away, so we'll talk about it at the end of the series. We start not in the Mally Empire,
1:37.6	but in Old Mally, the small kingdom that would grow into an empire, and King Magon Confada sitting on his
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