The griot's craft
Subtitle: an essay on oral tradition and diplomacy
By: Jan Jansen.
Series: Forschungen zu Sprachen und Kulturen Afrikas ;; Bd. 8 =; Research on African languages and cultures ;; v. 8; Forschungen zu Sprachen und Kulturen Afrikas ;; Bd. 8.
Publisher: Lit; Distributed in North America by Transaction Publishers; Lit Verlag
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Münster; Piscataway, N.J
Language: eng; man
Number of pages: 100
Subjects: Griots -- Mali -- Kela.; Mandingo (African people) -- Mali -- Kela -- Social conditions.; Oral tradition -- Mali -- Kela.; Mediation -- Mali -- Kela.; Kela (Mali) -- Social conditions.
Notes: English; appendix in Mandingo and English.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 92-100).