SB – Jenkins – A Look at Mande (West African) Culture Through Traditional Music
Lee County Library 219 N. Madison Street, Tupelo, MSThis presentation will give the listener a glimpse of the Mande Culture of West Africa. In the tradition of the Mande, the history and culture is orally preserved in the minds and through the music of the Djeli (oral librarian/mandenka hereditary professional musicians). The establishment of the Mali Empire can be recalled and retold in […]