Sunjata

1st off I would like to say that it was very difficult to read this story because geeze every otehr word was some long hard to say name. And all the names sounded and looked a like and I was just getting confused all the way through. 

Anyways now that i'm done with my rant. The book was pretty interesting for what i understood, but i can't help but think that it is more of an origin/creation type of story. I mean everything that sunjata did caused something that happens now. Like the tree dying from the top to bottom and not starting at the bottom because of the shooting of the arrows and the tree, and the way the families are so close that one helps the other and if not its bad for them. I mean there were so many more that I just found so interesting. I always love reading those types of  tales because its interesting to see how different cultures and even religions explain why things are  the way they are. I'm not really sure if  that was  the whole purpose of  the story but that was what i got out of it. 

Another thing, teh talking ring thing that sunjatas sister used to fake that she was still at the palace or whatever when she was sneaking away.. how legit was that. I mean here we have this african story that is incorporating a type of technology that didn't even exist (maybe it was suppose to be magic) but still INTENSE. I really enjoyed reading and seeing the different things, the griots were pretty cool that were telling to story, i could imagine the whole thing going on in my head and these two guys just being like "ok now listen this is how things really went down"

So good!