Performing Africa

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ebron, Paulla A., 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2002.
Series:Anthropology online.
Subjects:
Griots > Gambia > Music > History and criticism.
Mandingo (African people) > Gambia > Music > History and criticism.
Music > Gambia > History and criticism.
Folklore > Performance > Gambia.
MUSIC > Ethnic.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Folk & Traditional.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Folklore > Performance
Griots
Mandingo (African people)
Mandingo (African people) > Music
Manners and customs
Music
Etnomusicologie.
Beïnvloeding.
Gambia > Social life and customs.
Gambie > Mœurs et coutumes.
Gambia
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • Where and when I enter
  • Performing Africa
  • pt. 1 Representations/performances.
  • Music: Europe and Africa
  • Performances
  • pt. 2 Professional dreams.
  • Curators of tradition
  • Personalistic economy
  • Interview encounters: the performance of profession
  • pt. 3 Culture as commodity.
  • Travel stories
  • Tourists as pilgrims.

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