
Griots and Griottes
by Hale, Thomas A.Buy New
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Summary
Author Biography
Thomas A. Hale is Liberal Arts Professor of African, French, and Comparative Literature at The Pennsylvania State University. He is editor of The Epic of Askia Mohammed (IUP, 1996) and co-editor (with John William Johnson and Stephen Belcher) of Oral Epics from Africa (IUP, 1997).
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
A Note on Orthography and Measurement of Distance | p. xv |
Introduction: Ibn Battuta, Alex Haley, and the Diffusion of Knowledge about Griots | p. 1 |
A Job Description for Griots | p. 18 |
The Origin of Griots | p. 59 |
The Verbal Art of Griots | p. 114 |
Music across the Griot World | p. 146 |
The Making of a Griot | p. 172 |
Would You Want Your Daughter to Marry One? | p. 193 |
Griottes: Unrecognized Female Voices | p. 217 |
From the Courtyards of the Nobility to a Global Audience | p. 244 |
The Value of Words | p. 288 |
New Millennium Griots | p. 311 |
Appendices | |
Griots Working in the United States | p. 339 |
Films and Videos Featuring Griots | p. 340 |
Selected English Translations of Epics by Griots | p. 343 |
Audio Recordings by Griots | p. 345 |
African Music Books That Include Sections on Griots | p. 348 |
Ethno-Specific Terms for Griots | p. 350 |
Theories for the Origin of the Word Griot | p. 357 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 367 |
Index | p. 393 |
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