Sogolon
Sogolon is the mother of Sundiata Keita and a central figure in the Epic of Sundiata. Known as the "Buffalo Woman," she was originally a mysterious and dangerous being — a buffalo that terrorized the land of Do. Two hunter brothers discovered she was a woman transformed by a curse. They captured her, and one brother married her. Sogolon was described as ugly and hunchbacked, and King Maghan Kon Fatta married her on the advice of a soothsayer who prophesied that her son would become a great king. Despite persecution by the king's first wife, Sogolon protected and raised Sundiata. Her strength,