In a novel from this country, Raymond Spartacus Kassoumi returns to the nation of Nakem-Zuiko, which attempts to seek independence. That novel from this country, Bound to Violence, was accused of plagiarizing Graham Greene. A character in a work from what became this country, who fights at the Battle of Neguéboria (”NAY-gweh-BOH-ree-ah”), covers his walls with human skin. In that work from what became this country, an army sings, “Take your (*) bow and let us go” in the “Hymn to the Bow,” as translated by D.T. Niane. This country's author Amadou Hampâté (“hahm-BAH-tay”) Bâ studied an oral tradition that included the fictional Balla Fasséké (”fah-SAY-kay”). An empire that names this country was the setting of a poem whose protagonist, the son of Sogolon, defeats Sumanguru at Kirina. For 10 points, name this country where griots perform the Epic of Sundiata. ■END■
ANSWER: Mali [or Republic of Mali; or Mali Empire]
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