Griots at War: Conflict, Conciliation, and Caste in Mande

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Contents  ix    xv : An Invitation to War 1 ONE Power and Paradox: Griots and Mande Social Organization 8 TWO In the Hands of Speech: Mande Discourse 18 THREE A History of Fadenya: Interpretations of the Kita Griot War 35 FOUR Making Boundaries: When Griots Speak Before Nobles 53 FIVE Breaking Boundaries: When Nobles Speak Before Griots 85 SIX The Healer Who Is Ill Must Swallow His Own Saliva: When Griots Speak to Griots 165 SEVEN Caste, Mande-Style 234 : “A Wound Cannot Heal on Pus” 252  265  282  292 ...