Sassouma Berete and Sogolon Kedjou in The Epic of Sundiata

Mother plays a very influential role in the lives of young people. Both Sogolon Kedjou and Sassouma Bérété influence the life of their sons, but their personality traits are at different ends of the maternal spectrum. In spite of a slight similarity, Sogolon Kedjou and Sassouma Bérété are in stark contrast to the epic Sundiata. When comparing the two Sogolon Kedjou and Sassouma Berete, they did what they thought they would help them to kill their son. Since Sogolon knew what Sassouma could do to hurt her family, she came up with the idea of ​​leaving the kingdom.

At the same time, after the death of Maghan Kon Fatta, Sogolon, a competitor of Sassouma Berete, played the role of mother of Sundiata. In fact, this is because she is the mother of Sundiata and not because of her disagreement aspect with Sassouma Berete. To some extent, the purpose of women of Sundiata comes from the confrontation of the male kingdoms and plays a role in this field. Then Sassouma's daughter Nana Triban showed another example. She could not do her best, but betrayed her husband Soumaoro to enemy Sundiata. In addition, betrayal is feasible, as she pretends to follow Soumaoro and hopes to maximize the role of her wife.

According to the epic of Sundiata, the founder of the Mali Empire is Sogolon Kedjou, the king / chief son named Maghan Kon Fatta (also known as Frako Mahgan Keigu, meaning "Maghan the Handsome"). The territory of Mahan is said to be located upstream of the Niger River in the northwest corner of the country today called Guinea. In epic there is a prophecy predicting the greatness that the offspring of Mahan and the Mali Empire can achieve.

Sundiata was born in the year 1217 AD. His mother, Sogolon, is the second wife of King Mahan. As he grew up, Sundiata was ridiculed as a blind man. He is too weak to walk. However, King Magha likes Sundiata and keeps him. This made King's first wife Sassouma jealousy Sundiata and his mother. She wishes her son Tuman to become king someday. When Sundiata was a child, Mali was a fairly small kingdom. When he was a child, Soso grabbed Mary and dominated. Sundiata became a prisoner of Soso and lived with a leader of Soso. At the age of seven, Sundiata began to increase power. He learned how to walk and exercise everyday. A few years later he turned himself into a powerful warrior. He liberates Mari from Sasso's hand and is determined to escape