Camara Laye's novel The Guardian of the World uses the story of this character to critique a dictator in his home country. A poem about this character states that “God has his mysteries which none can fathom” before noting how he “will be unlucky.” An army sings “Take your bow and let us go” in a song from a poem titled for this character aptly titled “Hymn to the Bow.” In a poem, this character lifts himself up using an (*) iron bar to walk for the (10[1])first time after seven years and uses a baobab tree as a crutch. As recounted in a translation by D.T. Niane, this “lion child” and son of the “buffalo woman” Sogolon fights Sumanguru at the Battle of Kirina, after which he establishes the city of Niani. For 10 points, name this character who titles an epic passed down by griots that discusses the birth of the Mali empire. ■END■