A story told for hundreds of years.
A story of courage, faith and strength.
A story of Mali.

The story of The Birth of Sundiata Keita, visionary leader of the great Malian Empire, is told across West Africa as a tale of kingship and battle.  Discover the rarely heard story of his mother, her grandmother and the extraordinary circumstances of this legendary leader’s birth.  One of Mali’s most enduring epics, this inspiring tale reaches across centuries, from its origin in thirteenth-century Africa to the recent conflicts of our own time, when its telling was forbidden.