Ce volume presente un recit oral par le griot celebre Djemory Kouyate de Nyagassola (actuelle Guinee). Il traite de la facon dont on se souvient de l'epoque qui relie la fondation de la societe mandingue par Soundiata jusqu'a aujourd'hui. Les recits oraux sur cette epoque sont rares car ils exigent du narrateur une comprehension avancee de l'histoire regionale et des relations entre les lignees dirigeantes concurrentes. Le griot celebre, Djemory Kouyate (decede en 2019), a realise ce recit a Narena (Mali actuel), offrant ainsi un apercu unique des strategies de narration et des competences diplomatiques des griots, car le recit de Djemory peut etre compare a certains de ses enregistrements anterieurs realises a Nyagassola, une ville gouvernee par une lignee rivale des Bandjougousi de Narena. L'Histoire des Bandjougousi est donc une source importante d'historiographie ouest-africaine. This volume features an oral account by the acclaimed griot Djemory Kouyate from Nyagassola (present-day Guinee). It deals with the way the era that bridges the foundation of their society by Sunjata to their present-day society, called Manding, is remembered. Oral accounts on this era are rare as they demand from the narrator an advanced understanding of regional history and the relationships between competing ruling lineages. The acclaimed griot Djemory Kouyate (d. 2019) performed this account in Narena (present-day Mali), thus offering a unique insight into griots' storytelling strategies and diplomatic skills, because Djemory's account can be compared with earlier recordings of him made in Nyagassola, a town ruled by a rival lineage to the Bandjougousi from Narena. L'Histoire des Bandjougousi is therefore an important source for West African historiography.