This place “turned her face” four times toward each cardinal direction in a narrative that repeats the refrain “Hoooh! Fasa!” In a story resembling that of Jacob and Esau, the youngest son of Mama Dinga impersonated his brother and retrieved a magic drum to recover this place. (15[1])After listening to a partridge sing the Dausi, a prince of this place took seven of his sons into battle and soaked a lute in their blood one by one. A ruler of this place promised annual human sacrifices to the seven-headed serpent Bida, who in return ensured this place was so rich that the geographer (*) Al-Bakri claimed the dogs had golden collars. Prior to his war with Sundiata, Sumanguru conquered this empire, reflecting its historical fall to the Sosso Empire. For 10 points, Soninke epics describe what legendary place identified with an empire whose capital was Koumbi Saleh? ■END■