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Griots du Haut-Sénégal- Col. FREY,
Côte occidentale d'Afrique -1890
- Gallica (Bnf)
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That song hails from Fula people and it is very old.
In the beginning, “Yeela”, meaning litterally “wishes accomplished”, was a praising song to Syssibés lineages. Today, that tune is a praising song that great Fula jèlílua jèlí (plural, jèlílu, jèlímusow, feminine) is a bard, loremaster, and praise-singer... Read more. use to sing in honor of their leader (“abo” or “ardo”).
Like “Janjon”,
“Yeela” is also a slow haunting dance.
Yella, was also the name of a broadcast tv presented each Sunday at
RTV Senegal by the jèlíjèlí (plural, jèlílu) is a bard, a loremaster, and praise-singer in the Manding areas whose functions are story-telling, speaking about lineages, singing and playing music as he wants and hears it. hall pulaar Farba Sally Seck. He tells the history of Fouta and
Fula people, accompanied by a “bambaado” (player of hoddu or
xalam, n'konin
in Mandinka) and a famous jèlímusowa jèlí (plural, jèlílu, jèlímusow, feminine) is a bard, loremaster, and praise-singer... Read more. from Boundou (south-eastern of Senegal) with his/her two
daughters, and sings epics and praising verses devoted to Fula
noble families on “Yeela” patterns, according to the topic or the
history of his people.
Yella is also called « Debe » in Mali.
Baaba
Maal sang that song on modern patterns.
Musically, the “Yeela” theme is very close of “Taara”.
Famous performers of “Yeela” :
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