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Eric Charry Mande Music. Traditional and Modern Music of the Maninka and Mandinka of Western Africa Chicago & London. The University of Chicago Press, 2000. 500 p. ill. maps. Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology Philip V. Bohlman & Bruno Nettl (eds.)

In memory of my parents, Lawrence and Hannah Charry.
For Sandra, Hanna, Priya, and Miriam.

Contents

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Technical Notes
Transcription Guide and Rhythm Concepts

Introduction

• Performers
• Performance
• Instruments
• Repertories
• Tuning and Scales
• Playing Techniques and Styles
• Languages and Neighboring Peoples
• Islam and Mande Music
• Traditional and Modern

1. The Mande

• West African Prehistory
• Ancient Ghana (Wagadu)
• Mali
• Kabu
• European Contact, the Colonial Encounter, and Independence
• Nyamakala and Notions of a Mande Class System
• Mande Aesthetics and the Creative Artist: The Ngara
• Conclusion

2. Hunter's Music

• Performers and Performance
• Hunter's Harps
• Simbi Repertory
• Simbi and Donso Ngoni Tuning
• Simbi Playing Technique and Style
• Conclusion

3. Jeliya

• Performers and Performance
• Jeli Instruments
• The Repertory of Jeliya
• Jeli Tuning Systems
• Playing Techniques and Styles
• Conclusion

4. Drumming

• Performers and Performance
• Jembe
• Dundun, Sangba, and Kenkeni
• Tama
• Mandinka Kutiro/Tanglango Ensemble
• Conclusion

5. The Guitar and the Modern Era

• Performers and Recordings
• Repertories of Modern Music
• Guitar Tuning
• Guitar Playing Styles
• Conclusion

6. Music Terminology

• Julu, Donkili, Fasa
• The Many Uses of Ben (Agreement)
• Terminology for Pitch Height
• Rhythm
• Conclusion

7. Perspectives

• Identity
• Methods
• When a Context Modernizes
• Mande Ways of Learning Music, Ways of Learning
• Mande Music
• When Teaching Westernizes
• Conclusion

Manden Te Banna

• Appendix A: References Related to Mande Music in Historical Sources from the Eleventh to the Mid-Nineteenth Century
• Appendix B: Keys to Vocalists, Musicians, and Their Instruments
• Appendix C: Recordings of Traditional and Modern Pieces in Mande Repertories
• Appendix D: Syliphone Recordings
• Glossary of African Terms

Bibliography
Discography
Videography
Personal Interviews, Lessons, and Recordings
Subject Index
Personal Name Index
Title Index