Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9789004718449 |
| ISBN10: | 9004718443 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | pages |
| Size: | 235x155 mm |
| Weight: | 1 g |
| Language: | English |
| 700 |
Category:
Dogon Songs of Life and Death
A Performance of the Baja Ni Funeral Cycle in Tireli, Mali
Series:
African Sources for African History;
19;
Publisher: BRILL
Date of Publication: 27 February 2025
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Short description:
Though well-known already, the Dogon in Mali manifest hidden cultural riches in a cycle of songs performed during their funeral rituals. This book gives the full text of this crucial cultural heritage, which offers an intimate vision on Dogon life.
Long description:
Though the Dogon are well-described, their culture still holds surprises. One of these is the cycle of songs called baja ni, which is at the heart of their funerary rites. Surprisingly, these songs have a historic author, a blind poet/prophet who roamed the area in the 19th century and left a huge heritage of songs and prophecies. This book gives the full text of one performance of this legacy. The lyrics cover a range of topics, from comments on historical events to philosophical musings about life and death, and from remembering the departed to celebrating the joys of being alive.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Preface
The Corpus
Language and Orthography
1 What is the Baja Ni?
1 Enigmatic Texts
2 The Performance of 2005
3 The Baja Ni in the Funeral Rites
2 The Blind Poet
3 Themes and Symbols in the Baja Ni
1 Dynamics of Singing
2 Greetings and Honorific Names
3 Metaphors and Folktales
4 The Internal Audience
5 The Structure of the Baja Ni
4 Message and Meaning of the Baja Ni
1 Remembrance
2 Destiny, Fate and Agency
5 The Pre-Session
6 The S?mb?l? Ni
7 The Baja Na
Annex 1: Session of 2005: Overview of songs
Annex 2: History of recording the baja ni
Annex 3: The singers
1 List of Famous Singers, the Troupe of Abir?, as Mentioned in the Lyrics
Baja Unrun
Sisters of the Baja
2 List of Singers in the 2005 Baja Lugo Session
Baja Unrun
Sisters of the Baja
3 Research Team Bamako 2016
Annex 4: List key terms Dogon-English
References
Index of Authors
Index of Subjects
List of Figures
Preface
The Corpus
Language and Orthography
1 What is the Baja Ni?
1 Enigmatic Texts
2 The Performance of 2005
3 The Baja Ni in the Funeral Rites
2 The Blind Poet
3 Themes and Symbols in the Baja Ni
1 Dynamics of Singing
2 Greetings and Honorific Names
3 Metaphors and Folktales
4 The Internal Audience
5 The Structure of the Baja Ni
4 Message and Meaning of the Baja Ni
1 Remembrance
2 Destiny, Fate and Agency
5 The Pre-Session
6 The S?mb?l? Ni
7 The Baja Na
Annex 1: Session of 2005: Overview of songs
Annex 2: History of recording the baja ni
Annex 3: The singers
1 List of Famous Singers, the Troupe of Abir?, as Mentioned in the Lyrics
Baja Unrun
Sisters of the Baja
2 List of Singers in the 2005 Baja Lugo Session
Baja Unrun
Sisters of the Baja
3 Research Team Bamako 2016
Annex 4: List key terms Dogon-English
References
Index of Authors
Index of Subjects