Perpetuating the Politics of Praise
Dorothea E. Schulz
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Perpetuating the Politics of Praise

Jeli Singers, Radios, and Political Mediation in Mali (PhD Thesis University of Yale 1996)

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The book describes continuities and changes in the political significance of jeliw (sing. jeli), praise singers, in Mali who performed crucial tasks of reputation management on behalf of wealthy and powerful families in the nineteenth century. Based on extended research in rural areas of southwestern Mali and in the capital Bamako, this study illustrates the effects and limitations of a mode of symbolically constructing rightful rule, and of its transformation in a changing institutional context. The performances of jeli musicians on broadcast media are taken as a starting point to illuminate ...