Griots at war : conflict, conciliation, and caste in Mande /

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In 1985, while she was an apprentice griot or jelimuso, Barbara G. Hoffman saw and recorded a remarkable event that took place in the small town of Kita, Mali. For four days, thousands of griots from all parts of the Mande world gathered together to talk, sing, and make music in celebration of the o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hoffman, Barbara G.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2000.
Subjects:
Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers > Groupe de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur les Organisations et le Travail
Mandingo (African people) > Folklore.
Mandingo (African people) > Social life and customs.
Griots > Mali > Kita (Kayes)
Storytelling > Mali > Kita (Kayes)
Oral tradition > Mali > Kita (Kayes)
Oratory > Mali > Kita (Kayes)
Mandingue (Peuple d'Afrique) > Folklore.
Mandingue (Peuple d'Afrique) > Mœurs et coutumes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Griots
Mandingo (African people)
Mandingo (African people) > Social life and customs
Manners and customs
Oral tradition
Oratory
Storytelling
Soziale Stellung
Mündliche Erzählung
Mande > Volk
Malinke-Sprache
Mündliche Überlieferung
Griot
Kita (Kayes, Mali) > Social life and customs.
Mali > Kita (Kayes)
Mali > West
Mali
Mande.
Folklore
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Note on Orthography; PROLOGUE: An Invitation to War; ONE: Power and Paradox, Griots and Mande Social Organization; TWO: In the Hands of Speech; THREE: A History of Fadenya, Interpretations of the Kita Griot War; FOUR: Making Boundaries, When Griots Speak Before Nobles; FIVE: Breaking Boundaries, When Nobles Speak Before Griots; SIX: The Healer Who Is Ill Must Swallow His Own Saliva, When Griots Speak to Griots; SEVEN: Caste, Mande-Style; EPILOGUE: A Wound Cannot Heal on PusŽ; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

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