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Mande, Mali - correct answer Mande (Manding, Mandinka) peoples share cultural lineage and family of languages. Descendants of the empire of Mali, founded in 13th century by Sundiata Keita. Key trade location as southwesetern "coast" of Saharan Desert. Jali/Ja...

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MUSIC 345 - Midterm Mande/West
African Terms

Mande, Mali - correct answer Mande (Manding, Mandinka) peoples share cultural
lineage and family of languages. Descendants of the empire of Mali, founded in 13th century by
Sundiata Keita. Key trade location as southwesetern "coast" of Saharan Desert.



Jali/Jalolu - correct answer Hereditary bard/Praise-singer/Oral
historian/Professional musician of Mande society in West Africa



Jaliyaa - correct answer Art of Jali; Mende jalolu traditionally served eleite patrons
of Kingdom of Mali; Learn trade as apprentice; SAng praise songs for patrons (kings); The jali held the
keys to cosial memory and history; Jalolu held only known genealogies; Prodigious memories (can recite
genealogies for hours); Brought the memory of the dead to life, "woke" the dead through remembrance



Kora - correct answer A twenty-one stringed harp (spike harp); variety of tunings



Balafon/Bala - correct answer Wooden xylophone-type idiophone with gourd
resonators (buzzing aesthetic)



Djembe - correct answer Goblet-shaped membranophone



Kuma - correct answer Art of speech; oral histories, genealogies, storytelling,
proverbs, epics, praising; speech dominated by men



Kumbengo - correct answer Instrumental ostinato (repeating) pattern that
accompanies words (spoken/sung)



Birimintingo - correct answer Virtuosic instrumental musical passage (played
between vocal sections)

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