Jeliya at the crossroads : learning African wisdom through an embodied practice / / Lisa Feder

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910768441503321
• Autore: Feder Lisa
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]; ©2021
• ISBN: 3-030-83059-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 pages)
• Collana: Palgrave studies in literary anthropology
• Disciplina: 301.29663
• Soggetti: Mandingo (African people)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Prologue -- Jobokunda -- Acknowledgments -- Praise for Jeliya at the Crossroads -- Contents -- List of Photos -- Orthography -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- The Jelis, a Scholarly Perspective -- Myself, as Anthropologist -- Embodying a "Characteristic Species of Grace" -- Jeliya at the Crossroads: A New Approach -- Storytelling as Ethnography -- Themes in This Book -- The Flow of the Book -- The Characters -- A Reflexive Glance -- Positions of Power -- References -- Chapter 2: Sweetness in the Gambia -- Welcome to the Gambia -- Kanyi Kunda -- Disoriented -- Greetings -- Na Kontong! -- Music Lessons -- The Balafon -- The Bo'ngo -- Money and Status -- Sweetness in Borabá -- References -- Chapter 3: Moving with Gambians -- Romancing the Field -- Embodied Methods -- Moving with Lasiné -- Cooking with Awa -- The Market with Lasiné -- Bala Time -- The Market with Awa -- Women's Talk -- Faith -- Connections -- Bala Changes -- Husband and Wife -- Boys Talk -- The Marabout -- Things Got Weird -- References -- Chapter 4: Doing Time: The Balafon Workshops, United States -- The First Workshop -- The Second Workshop: Learning the Time-12/8 Rhythms -- The Jigsaw Puzzle -- Relating the Patterns -- Reflections on Embodied Learning -- Aesthetic as Cross-Cultural Tool -- Reflections Applied to the Gambia -- Taken for a Ride? -- References -- Chapter 5: Direct Transmissions: Going with the Flow -- The Flow in Guinea -- Guinea: Conakry -- The Daily Life -- Safeguarding Culture -- In the Compound -- Lunchtime ; Tensions -- Community Tensions -- Tension in My Body -- Jeli Money Tensions -- Souraka's Transmissions -- Making Balafons -- Mory the Apprentice -- Multicultural Transmissions -- When Children Learn -- Reflections on Direct Transmission -- Reflections on Money Matters -- Tensions Resolving -- Farewell Party -- References.; Chapter 6: At Home: Lessons in Respecting Time -- Explaining Nyama -- First Lesson: Djekoria Mory Kanté and Famoro Dioubaté -- A Reflective Practice -- A Sort of Apprenticeship -- Taking Time -- Jelis as Tricksters -- Respect the Time -- The Swing as Trickster -- Time to Ask Questions -- Time as Moral Imperative -- Agility in Mind and Body -- A Hard Time, 2014 -- Tying Up Time -- References -- Chapter 7: Enchanting Cosmopolitan New York -- Manding Groove Bands -- Culture and Music with Kakande -- Cultural Sensibilities in Music -- An Inkling of Jeliya -- The Politics of Representation -- The Technology of Enchantment -- Jelying an Audience -- Confirmation -- References -- Discography -- Chapter 8: Manding New York: Jeliya Bara Bang -- Methodology -- Levels of Access -- Manding Jeli Concerts -- Oumou Versus Missia -- Reflection on My Shock -- Tracing Jeliya -- Parallels Between Singing and Instrumental Jeliya -- Moussa Recounts Historical Jeliya -- The Modern-Day Jeli Event as Musicking Ritual -- The Flame in Jeliya -- When the Flame Starts to Flicker -- Singing Versus Instrumentation -- Debunking the Hɔrɔn -- Mamaya, a Sign? -- If the Flame Goes Out? -- References -- Chapter 9: Patronage: Becoming a Jatigi -- In Defense of Jelis -- Bicultural Perceptions of Money -- Defining the Patron -- Jeli-Patron Relationships Crossing Cultures -- Saikou Jobarteh -- My Jeli Teachers in New York 2005-2007 -- At War -- Lessons in Generosity -- Making the Idea Seem Like It Was Mine -- A Different Perspective -- Jelis Learn Too -- The Turning Point -- Fresh Perspectives -- Saboule Moyala -- References -- Discography -- Chapter 10: Living "in between" Cultures -- Bringing the Parisian-Based Artist to New York -- Planning Prior to New York -- Planning in New York -- Learning to Be a Productrice -- The Negotiating Sensibility -- Reflections -- References -- Discography.; Chapter 11: Paris 2015-2021 -- Moussa Samba Kouyaté -- Moving to Paris -- Translocal Jelis -- My Access and Methodology -- Chez Gbessa Sékou -- Postcolonial Development -- Direct Oral Transmission, a Trajectory -- Transitioning from Africa to Europe with Kanazoé Diabaté -- Changing Jeli Music for a European Audience -- Creating Music Schools -- Moussa Samba -- Global Jelis -- References -- Discography -- Chapter 12: Duniya: Weaving Pasts and Futures -- Representing Duniya "the Pattern Which Connects" -- Jeliya as an Indigenous Educational System -- Pressures of the "Global Hierarchy of Value" -- Sitting at the Crossroads -- The Embodied, Reflective, Transformative Practice -- Misperceptions: Giving, Patronage, and the Trickster -- A Note on Representation -- Afterword -- Famoro Dioubaté -- References -- Discography -- Index.