Performing Africa /
The jali--a member of a hereditary group of Mandinka professional performers--is a charismatic but contradictory figure. He is at once the repository of his people's history, the voice of contemporary political authority, the inspiration for African American dreams of an African homeland, and t...
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2002.
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Series: | Anthropology online.
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