- al-Mukhtar and the
Tarikh al-Sudan. Oral tradition, as
performed by the
jeliw (sg. jeli), also
known as griots,
includes relatively little information...
- oral tradition,
transmitted by
generations of
Maninka griots (djeli or
jeliw). The
Manden Charter issued during his
reign is
listed by
UNESCO as one...
- Fula
teachers as well as
those of
Bambara and
other Mande neighbors. The
jeliw (sing. jeli, fem. jelimusow,
French griot) are a
caste of
professional musicians...
- with Bata
Mande Bori, a
figure who is said to be a son of
Sunjata by the
jeliw of Dioma. The word "Bata"
indicates that Bata
Mande Bori was not the biological...
- of life/creative force),
clans responsible for products, are:
Diabate (
Jeliw / Djeliw;
chroniclers and
praise singers) Kanté (Numun-Fin; blacksmiths...
-
kings and heroes. This oral
literature is
mainly p****ed on by the
griots (
Jeliw in Bambara) who are a
mixture of storytellers,
praise singers, and human...
-
Mandinka people. It is
performed by
families of
musicians known in
Mandinka as
Jeliw (sing. Jeli), or in
French as griots. The kora is a
unique harp-lute with...
-
derived from the
Mande Empire Their musicians,
professional performers called jeliw (sing. jeli,
French griot), have
produced po****r
alongside traditional...
- the Mali Empire. A kora was
historically pla**** only by a jeli (plural
jeliw)—also
known as a griot—a
member of a
hereditary class of
musicians and storytellers...
- 1080/13696819908717840. Melville,
Caspar (2017-06-02). "Valuing Tradition: Mali's
jeliw,
European publishers and Copyright".
Journal of
World Po****r Music. 4 (1):...
