Jeremy Robertson Dr.

Arnold INTL 3111 21 February 2014

1. I believe Djeliba was demonstrating a bit of autonomy, or autonomy sprung from the past to shape ones own story and future with this quote. This first jumps out to me when he says its because its the hunter who tells the stories, in that the story teller gives every bit of direction and criteria to a particular story. The hunter probably wouldnt tell a story of failure, whether it is due to pride or entertainment. The hunter can create a past or vision for himself through such a story, whether it be true or not. I believe thats why Djeliba also says its valuable for you to Mabo, and think of it and be confident in the future because he is telling Mabo that he can carve out his future by making his past (or rather, soon to be past) like a story of a hunter killing a lion, and not the lion killing the hunter. I believe with this, Djeliba is illustrating to Mabo that Mabo has great potential to his future, given his ancestry they are discussing. 2. Education plays two major roles in the movie Keita: the Heritage of the Griot between Djeliba and young Mabo. Although Mabo lives in Africa in a village in which he walks to school, he isnt learning African culture or history. Instead, Mabo is learning Western culture and history, which seems odd given the scenes of Mabos home and surroundings. It seems ironic that Mabo is learning French culture, or who discovered America. This is certainly a culture reality, and power relationship depicting the prior control of Mabos country by a European country. It would seem that Fren ch power still lingers sine Mabos studies align in such a way. Also, Mabo has no idea of his heritage or ancestry until Djeliba travels to his city to initiate Mabos learning process. Mabo doesnt even know how he received his name or where it came from.