Max’s Reviews > Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali > Status Update

The most engaging "primary text" I've had to read. Much more interesting and complex than "The Epic of Gilgamesh" (civilization became more complex since then), and more subtly plotted than the random events of "The Odyssey." Of course only fair to compare with a contemporary text--the works of Shakespeare. "Sundiata" is plotted like a modern suspense novel, but is 100% legible (perhaps because of modern translation)