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Samori Toure (1830~1900), conqueror of West Africa, had two renowned jèlílua
jèlí (plural, jèlílu) is a bard, loremaster, and praise-singer in the Manding areas whose functions are story-telling, speaking about lineages, singing and playing music as he want and hear it...
Read more. : Morifignian Diabaté and Koné Tassiri Mangan.
Morifignian Diabaté, closer to the Almamy, was his adviser while Tassiri Mangan was supposed to be his praising singer.
However, Tassiri Mangan had great liberty of speech and was able only to tell the truth. But Samory who liked to test his
subjects, a day of dry season, announced that the thunder had rumbled and asked if it was going to rain, and everybody said it was going to rain. When Samory asked his opinion to Tassiri Mangan, he
said frankly that this was imposssible considering there were no clouds and that was the dry season. Another man would have been killed for his temerity to contradict the Almamy but Tassiri Mangan,
has been praised by Samori, for his frankness.
That song created during the lifetime of Tassiri Mangan, initially on the ngoni
The n'koni is a melodic instrument hailing from the Fulani, used since antiquity by that ethnic group... Read more. (hence the syncopated theme), sung by jèlílua jèlí (plural, jèlílu) is a bard, loremaster, and praise-singer in the Manding areas whose functions are story-telling, speaking about lineages, singing and playing music as he
want and hear it... Read more. to pay tribute to the great jèlí a jèlí (plural, jèlílu) is a bard, loremaster, and praise-singer in the Manding areas whose functions are story-telling, speaking about lineages, singing and playing music as he
want and hear it... Read more. Tassiri Mangan and beyond his person to all jèlílua jèlí (plural, jèlílu) is a bard, loremaster, and praise-singer in the Manding areas whose
functions are story-telling, speaking about lineages, singing and playing music as he want and hear it... Read more. who honor their profession ; and a chorus of the song is :
Kassé Mady DiabatéKasse Mady Diabate hails from a long family of jalilu from Kela (Mali). Kassé Mady holds the nickname of his grandfather, about whom they say that he had such a nice voice as when he sang, people cried... Read more. has often performed that song. On the great
album Hank Jones meets Check Tidiane Seck, SaralaCheick Tidiane Seck is a famous composer, arranger and producer of Manding traditional music. He contributed much to spread out that music world wide known...Read more., published in 1995, Kassé Mady Kasse Mady Diabate hails from a long family of jalilu from Kela (Mali). Kassé Mady holds the nickname of his grandfather... Read more. has performed it (« Tounia Kanibala »)
mixed with subtle modern patterns and here, he made a special tribute to his parent and legendary griot, Diabate Kele Monzon.
Kandia KouyateKandia Kouyate is a very famous singer women coming from Mali, world wide famous, - since she was a a child, she was indeed a « legend » !... Read more. sung that song untitled « N'ben'sara » (on
Biriko record).
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