Hello, how are you? Welcome to this podcast, from the Canary Islands to the world,.
Today I'm opening a book that isn't on any bookshelf: the one that is written with each page that transforms us. We travel the world in search of new stories, because reading is crossing borders without a passport. And each story is a cultural compass.
We've often been told that the history of this continent began with colonisation, but today we're opening a book that proves otherwise: the Epic of Sundiata. It's not just a story; it's the African equivalent of the Iliad or the Cantar de Mio Cid.
Sundiata Keïta is not a myth; he was the founder of the Mali Empire. His story reaches us thanks to the griots, the masters of the word and guardians of memory, who sang it for centuries before it was written down.
What do we find in its pages? A lesson in resilience. Sundiata was born paralysed, despised, and exiled, but he managed to rise up and unite his people. It is a work of literature filled with magic, political strategy, and a profound ethic of justice and respect for the land. It teaches us that Africa was already writing—and singing—human rights laws, like the Manden Charter, long before other continents even dreamed of them.
If this literary journey inspired you, recommend it. And if you have a book that changed your life, tell me about it. Until the next episode!
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