This issue explores the creation of a performance of the core Mande epic of Sunjata – the tale of the eponymous hero (Sunjata Keita) who founded the kingdom of Mali in the thirteenth century CE – as part of the Singing Storytellers Symposium held in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada in October 2014. It brings together contributions which present a variety of perspectives on the project, its cultural and intellectual roots, its challenges, and its achievements. The articles also to trace the impact and influence of that project in the decade since its inception. Our hope is that this multifaceted approach to representing a collaborative research-creation project may not only provide a record of an event recognizing an often overlooked location within the larger Black Atlantic, but also contribute to the developing discussion of the methods and potential of practice- and performance-based ethnomusicologies.