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1426 SUNJATA: A WEST AFRICAN EPIC Mande people. (He is also the ancestor of the Bereté in Manden. The home of the Bereté people is Farisini Hejaji,' a region in the land of Mecca; the Bereté are Suraka.2) Bereté packed up some books and came from Farisi to the land of Manden because it was a powerful place. If he found someone in the land of Manden who would join him, who would work with the Koran, then his bless- ings would be great. Because he could not get used to the food here, Manjan Bereté brought Sansun Bereté, his little sister, with him when he came to meet Simbon. He brought his sister so she could prepare his food until he became better acquainted with the Mande people. Manjan Bereté came and lived with Simbon. He said, "You need the religion practiced in my homeland. The Prophet has said nobody should take up swords in the religion again, that we should now be gentle with one another. Let us win people over with kindness, so we can awaken their minds and they can join the religion. The blessings will be great for anyone who accomplishes this." [In an omitted passage, Konfara suggests that Bereté's sister is his destined wife. Bereté forbids this union, but his fathers and brothers convince him that Konfara can have his sister if he converts to Islam. Bereté's sister gives birth to a son, but it is not the foretold son.] Simbon said, "How do I get that son? Pray to God for me to have that son. Will I get that son?" "Yes, you will get that son." "Very well, pray to God for that." Manjan Bereté prayed to God. He said, “Simbon, you will get this child. When I was praying, God revealed to me that there are others like me who will come. They too will come from the land of the white-skins. Those people will not bring any woman with them when they come. But they will tell you the name of the place that is their destination, and if you ask them to, they will bring you a woman from that place. She will bear that child.” [In an omitted passage, the narrator describes the Moroccan background of two brothers, Abdu Karimi and Abdu Kassimu, who will travel to the land of Dò ni Kiri to hunt a buffalo that is devastating the countryside, and will eventually become known as Danmansa Wulanni and Danmansa Wulanba.]