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115:, messengers were sent to search for Sogolon and her children, as Sundiata was destined to be a great leader according to the prophecy revealed to his late father prior to his marriage to Sogolon. The prohecy revealed to the late King Naré Maghann, was for him to marry a woman of Sogolon's physical's attributes as she would bear him a great heir despite her lack of physical
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Sundiata's greatness. According to David Conrad et al., she is "one of the great heroines of Manding oral tradition, and her death is invariably noted as a significant event" in the narrative."
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they traversed seeking protection. She was eventually granted asylum by the King of Mema (or Nema) Mansa Farin
Tunkara. In Mema, Sogolon encouraged his disabled son Sundiata to fulfill his destiny, and return to Mali (Manden) and take the throne.
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praises Sundiata Keita, he is sometimes praised through his mother Sogolon, for example one of the many names ascribed to Sundiata Keita is "Sogolon Djata/Jata", which in
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