Mande percussion instruments include the tama, djembe and dunun drums. Jeli Lamine Soumano states: "If you want to learn the bala go to Guinea or Mali. If you want to learn the kora go to Gambia or Mali. If you want to learn the n'goni you have only to go to Mali."

He focuses on the four major spheres of Mande music—hunter’s music, music of the jelis or griots, jembe and other drumming, and guitar-based modern music—exploring how each evolved, the types of instruments used, the major artists, and how each sphere relates to the others.

2001年6月29日 · He focuses on the four major spheres of Mande music–hunter’s music, music of the jelis or griots, jembe and other drumming, and guitar-based modern music–exploring how each evolved, the types of instruments used, the major …

Jeliya means ‘the art of the jeli,’ who are specialists in particular Mandinka performance styles. Jeliya is associated with the ruling elite in many areas within the greater Mande cultural region of western Africa, but this article will focus on its practice …

2022年11月9日 · This dissertation explores the intangible cultural heritage of the collection of musical instruments from the Mandé region of West Africa (present-day Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and the Gambia) currently held at the …

2000年10月1日 · He focuses on the four major spheres of Mande music - hunter's music, music of the jelis or griots, jembe and other drumming, and guitar-based modern music - exploring how each evolved, the types of instruments used, the major …

2000年1月1日 · He focuses on the four major spheres of Mande musicâ hunter's music, music of the jelis or griots, jembe and other drumming, and guitar-based modern musicâ exploring how each evolved, the types...

The best known classical griot instrument is the kora, followed by the lute-like ngoni and the wooden xylophone known as a balafon. In the 1970s Mande music was modernised by groups such as the Rail Band and Les Ambassadeurs du Motel combining traditional and popular contemporary styles and then taken to an international audience by singers ...

For the Mande culture, the griot is a bridge between the everyday world and the unknown world. In legend and mythology, musical instruments such as the kora are given to humans by the forest spirits known as jinns. The griot, as a master of these instruments, must be able to control the energy of this unknown world.

The Mandé bala is the first instrument of Malinke jeli: a patrilineal tradition of musicians, storytellers, and singers who perform a variety of functions in Mandé society. There are many different versions of the bala’s origin story in jeli traditions.