In Sundiata, the narrator announces himself as Tassey Conde, a jeli from west Africa. By calling him a jeli we imply that Conde is an oral poet who recites Sundiata from memory. that his poems are private, only distributed among friends. that Sundiata belongs to popular tradition and was not invented by Conde. that Sundiata is first and foremost a literary work, preserved on the page. a. and c.

In Sundiata, the narrator announces himself as Tassey Conde, a jeli from west Africa. By calling him a jeli we imply that Conde is an oral poet who recites Sundiata from memory. that his poems are private, only distributed among friends. that Sundiata belongs to popular tradition and was not invented by Conde. that Sundiata is first and foremost a literary work, preserved on the page. a. and c.