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. 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 (10[1])to the Sosso Empire. For 10 points, Soninke epics describe what legendary place identified with an empire whose capital was Koumbi Saleh? ■END■