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Mande jeliya

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Summary

Mande jeliya is a field of musical, verbal and social practice associated with jeliw, also called griots in wider usage. It includes praise, historical narration, mediation and entertainment, with regional and family traditions of singing and instrumental performance. Kora, bala and ngoni are prominent instruments in different settings, but the category is not defined by one instrument. A performance can connect a present person or occasion to remembered genealogies, exemplary figures and shared histories. Its meaning depends on relationships as well as on the notes a listener hears. [1]

Contemporary and trending

Jeliya continues in family events, professional performance, recordings and transnational communities. Some musicians work within inherited social roles; others present instrumental virtuosity or collaborations to audiences unfamiliar with those roles. These are different situations rather than a simple division between authentic local music and diluted export. Amplification, electronic keyboards and new ensembles can change the texture while retaining recognizable repertories or forms of address. Contemporary practice is therefore both a social institution and a source of highly individual musical invention. [2]

History

Jeli traditions are deeply connected to the histories of Mande-speaking societies and the memory of past rulers and lineages. Oral transmission does not mean an unchanging historical script: performers select, interpret and adapt material for particular occasions. Colonial and postcolonial cities, radio, national ensembles and commercial recordings created additional publics. Migration extended those relationships to Europe and North America. Eric Charry's comparative organization of Mande music is useful precisely because it distinguishes related practices rather than describing every sound from Mali or Guinea as one undifferentiated tradition. [1]

Musical characteristics

Instrumental cycles can provide a recognizable foundation while allowing extensive variation. A kora player may separate flowing accompaniment from faster elaboration; bala parts can interlock, and ngoni brings a distinct plucked attack. Singing can move from a sustained melodic passage toward speech-like praise or narrative delivery. Text, names and timing may matter profoundly to knowledgeable participants. For a new listener, following a recurring instrumental pattern through changes of vocal intensity offers an entry into the form without pretending that instrumental beauty exhausts the performance's social content.

Geography and communities

The map represents overlapping Mande cultural corridors through southern and western Mali, Guinea, eastern Senegal and The Gambia, with relevant neighboring connections. These are broad, language- and family-linked landscapes that cross national borders and include rural communities. Separate British, French and northeastern United States fields represent diaspora events and musicians maintaining those relationships abroad. A performance documented in New York is evidence of a transnational community, not proof that New York has replaced the West African heartlands. The fields express cultural affinity, not the legal limits of hereditary status.

Jeliya is sustained by relationships among performers, patrons and communities, not simply by the survival of old repertoire. Dorothea Schulz’s ethnographic account places changing media and patronage within this social world. The Mali–Guinea and Senegambian fields therefore remain connected regional landscapes, with mobility and public communication extending practice beyond named capitals. They do not make all Mande speakers hereditary specialists. [3]

Artists

Toumani Diabaté and Sidiki Diabaté offer influential kora lineages, while Ballaké Sissoko opens another distinct approach. Kandia Kouyaté illustrates the commanding vocal dimension; Bassekou Kouyaté's work makes ngoni ensemble possibilities audible. Abdoulaye Diabaté and Super Manden show jeliya in a New York community setting documented by Smithsonian Folkways. These examples are not interchangeable representatives of a generic griot sound. Comparing families, instruments and social settings is essential to understanding a practice whose authority can be both inherited and individually earned through performance. [2]

Representative performances

These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.

MuGlobe listening profile
Repertoire Field use Notes
traditional regional Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates.
MuGlobe representative performances
Artist Performance / song / title Embedded player URL Notes Repertoire kind Repertoire date Recording date Format Opening Places Fit Evidence Review note MuGlobe favorite Current hit Authentic
Toumani Diabaté and Sidiki Diabaté Kaïra — RFI Musiques du Monde https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y6pe_gcgopc The broadcaster’s father-and-son kora performance represents instrumental Mande jeli practice and intergenerational repertoire.[4] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown pending Existing recording Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. false false false
Kandia Kouyaté Djeli Nana https://www.youtube.com/embed/jpL8LBko5Lk Syllart’s official video adds a female jeli vocal performance and modern recorded arrangement, complementing the instrumental kora example.[5] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown pending Existing recording Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. false false false
Ballaké Sissoko; Piers Faccini Ballaké Sissoko, Piers Faccini - When the Jeli sings (Hommage à Kassé Mady) https://www.youtube.com/embed/JANGCnlQ4Wg Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Ballaké Sissoko. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. When the Jeli Sings, primary named homage to Kassé Mady. Actual October2026 single publication precedes the announced November2026 album; do not claim the future full album is released. Video publication: 2026-10-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[6] traditional unknown unknown music-video unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Ballaké Sissoko. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. When the Jeli Sings, primary named homage to Kassé Mady. Actual October2026 single publication precedes the announced November2026 album; do not claim the future full album is released. false false false
Ballaké Sissoko Ballaké Sissoko - Weltere (Official visualizer) https://www.youtube.com/embed/ikV4FoDNLXo Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Ballaké Sissoko. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Weltere primary September2026 single, upcoming November album announcement does not establish an already published full album. Video publication: 2026-09-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[7] traditional unknown unknown audio unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Ballaké Sissoko. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Weltere primary September2026 single, upcoming November album announcement does not establish an already published full album. false false false
Ballaké Sissoko Orkestra Ballaké Sissoko Orkestra au Festival des Musiques Sacrées de Fès 24/05/2025 https://www.youtube.com/embed/AHVCPehP42g Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Transcordancias & Jugalbandis - Global Music Live. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-05-24. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2026-05-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[8] traditional unknown 2025-05-24 live unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Transcordancias & Jugalbandis - Global Music Live. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-05-24. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Sona Jobarteh and band Sona Jobarteh - Gambia | Live | La Seine Musicale https://www.youtube.com/embed/v0hh4qhrNdA Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: La Seine Musicale. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-03-31. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2026-05-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[9] traditional unknown 2026-03-31 live unknown country:Gambia supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: La Seine Musicale. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-03-31. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Ballaké Sissoko; Derek Gripper Ballaké Sissoko and Derek Gripper, Live Improvisation No. 2 | Chan Centre https://www.youtube.com/embed/fyyCxqzr4RQ Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-02-07. Two distinct fully improvised Chan Centre concert pieces explicitly rooted in West African kora language. Labelled kora/classical-guitar contemporary dialogue, not two uploads of one master. Video publication: 2026-04-24; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[10] traditional unknown 2026-02-07 live unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-02-07. Two distinct fully improvised Chan Centre concert pieces explicitly rooted in West African kora language. Labelled kora/classical-guitar contemporary dialogue, not two uploads of one master. false false false
Ballaké Sissoko; Derek Gripper Ballaké Sissoko and Derek Gripper, Live Improvisation No. 1 | Chan Centre https://www.youtube.com/embed/aw3ArObJl3I Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-02-07. Two distinct fully improvised Chan Centre concert pieces explicitly rooted in West African kora language. Labelled kora/classical-guitar contemporary dialogue, not two uploads of one master. Video publication: 2026-04-24; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[11] traditional unknown 2026-02-07 live unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-02-07. Two distinct fully improvised Chan Centre concert pieces explicitly rooted in West African kora language. Labelled kora/classical-guitar contemporary dialogue, not two uploads of one master. false false false
Sona Jobarteh and band 2026-04-16 SONA JOBARTEH Tivoli Vredenburg https://www.youtube.com/embed/K5HvrK8X9qg Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: zapparie. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-04-16. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2026-04-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[12] traditional unknown 2026-04-16 live unknown country:Gambia supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: zapparie. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-04-16. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Sona Jobarteh and band Sona Jobarteh live concert in Netherlands Eindhoven 10-04 2026 https://www.youtube.com/embed/1TtM6Ol5tv8 Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Music4All. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-04-10. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2026-04-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[13] traditional unknown 2026-04-10 live unknown country:Gambia supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Music4All. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-04-10. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Kandia Kouyaté; Adja (CICB Face-à-Face vocalist) Face a Face Belle Mere et Belle fille /Kandia et adja prestation Duo Kandia et Adja dans Mali Sadio https://www.youtube.com/embed/iGaB-1o1XUw Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: MAMINA PRODUCTION. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-10-24. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2026-04-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[14] traditional unknown 2025-10-24 live unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: MAMINA PRODUCTION. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-10-24. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Kandia Kora KANDIA KORA | La Marraine Batouly Niane Live Session By Dj.IKK https://www.youtube.com/embed/FBg8jklGHmg Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: DjIKK Faiseur 2 Star . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2026-03-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[15] traditional unknown unknown live unknown country:Guinea supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: DjIKK Faiseur 2 Star . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Adja (CICB Face-à-Face vocalist) Face a Face Belle Mere et Belle fille /Kandia et adja prestation Adja dans Kandia Nana https://www.youtube.com/embed/bEKMX0obyZo Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: MAMINA PRODUCTION. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-10-24. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2026-03-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[16] traditional unknown 2025-10-24 live unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: MAMINA PRODUCTION. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-10-24. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Adja (CICB Face-à-Face vocalist) Face a Face Belle Mere et Belle fille /Kandia et adja prestation Adja dans Djatta Foli https://www.youtube.com/embed/HN2eCCgE1wk Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: MAMINA PRODUCTION. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-10-24. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2026-03-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[17] traditional unknown 2025-10-24 live unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: MAMINA PRODUCTION. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-10-24. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Kandia Kouyaté Face a Face Belle Mere et Belle fille /Kandia et adja prestation Kandia dans Kita KOUROU https://www.youtube.com/embed/-uKJyNtsgOM Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: MAMINA PRODUCTION. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-10-24. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2026-02-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[18] traditional unknown 2025-10-24 live unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: MAMINA PRODUCTION. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-10-24. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Ballaké Sissoko Ballaké Sissoko | Brussels https://www.youtube.com/embed/uBvDx2-lqMs Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Yellow Stone. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2026-02-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[19] traditional unknown unknown live unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Yellow Stone. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Kandia Kouyaté Face a Face Belle Mere et Belle fille /Kandia et adja prestation Kandia dans Djeliyaba https://www.youtube.com/embed/WjhYNmfADTY Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: MAMINA PRODUCTION. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-10-24. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2026-02-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[20] traditional unknown 2025-10-24 live unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: MAMINA PRODUCTION. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-10-24. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Sona Jobarteh; Sidiki Jobarteh and band Sona Jobarteh live Performance in Penchamii | LSSE TV https://www.youtube.com/embed/Zs92S8y3epw Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: LSSE TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2025-12-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[21] traditional unknown unknown live unknown country:Gambia supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: LSSE TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Kandia Kouyaté; Rokia Koné Kandia Kouyaté & Rokia Koné : Desert Storm https://www.youtube.com/embed/v8ZevgZY9r0 Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Mr Kleeg. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2017-03-12. Les Amazones d’Afrique concert at Philharmonie de Paris: labelled modern jeli-vocal collaboration, archive published2025. Video publication: 2025-10-22; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[22] traditional unknown 2017-03-12 live unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Mr Kleeg. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2017-03-12. Les Amazones d’Afrique concert at Philharmonie de Paris: labelled modern jeli-vocal collaboration, archive published2025. false false false
Sidiki Diabaté; Balla Diabaté; Ahmed Diabaté Sidiki Diabate Balla Diabate Ahmed Diabate rend Hommage à Toumani Diabate https://www.youtube.com/embed/vait3B8IpM8 Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Balla Diabate Officiel. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Named acoustic kora tribute to the late Toumani Diabaté; the honoree is not asserted as an additional live participant. Video publication: 2025-07-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[23] traditional unknown unknown live unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Balla Diabate Officiel. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Named acoustic kora tribute to the late Toumani Diabaté; the honoree is not asserted as an additional live participant. false false false
Ballaké Sissoko Ballaké Sissoko - Live at Afrika Festival Hertme - 2024 https://www.youtube.com/embed/cm__Z2XpvLA Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Afrika Festival Hertme. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2024. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2025-07-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[24] traditional unknown 2024 live unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Afrika Festival Hertme. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2024. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Kandia Kora; Morissanda KANDIA KORA x MORISSANDA | KOUYATÉ & KOUYATÉ Sumu Live Complet | 🇬🇳Official Video 2025 | By Dj.IKK https://www.youtube.com/embed/HLNqlYMC0Kw Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: DjIKK Faiseur 2 Star . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Named Guinean sumu performance. Kandia Kora is not the Malian singer Kandia Kouyaté; title2025 conflicts with November2024 upload, so no2025 session inferred. Video publication: 2024-11-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[25] traditional unknown unknown live unknown country:Guinea supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: DjIKK Faiseur 2 Star . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Named Guinean sumu performance. Kandia Kora is not the Malian singer Kandia Kouyaté; title2025 conflicts with November2024 upload, so no2025 session inferred. false false false
Sona Jobarteh; Andi McLean; Westley Joseph and ensemble Sona Jobarteh - Kaira - Live at Afrika Festival Hertme 2018 https://www.youtube.com/embed/n08uQ43i3QY Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Afrika Festival Hertme. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018-07-08. Distinct Bannaye/Kaira/Gambia works from Hertme2018; no overlapping full Hertme concert imported. Video publication: 2023-12-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[26] traditional unknown 2018-07-08 live unknown country:Gambia supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Afrika Festival Hertme. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018-07-08. Distinct Bannaye/Kaira/Gambia works from Hertme2018; no overlapping full Hertme concert imported. false false false
Sona Jobarteh and band Sona Jobarteh - Gambia - Live - Pioneer Works 4/23/2023 Brooklyn New York City https://www.youtube.com/embed/RLwjECRPy9E Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: A Mandolin Player on Carnegie Hill. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023-04-23. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2023-04-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[27] traditional unknown 2023-04-23 live unknown country:Gambia supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: A Mandolin Player on Carnegie Hill. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023-04-23. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Toumani Diabaté Toumani Diabaté en live sur la scène de La Télé d'Ici saison 4 https://www.youtube.com/embed/CvqQWRNS-6s Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: La Nouvelle Chaîne Ivoirienne. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2022-10-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[28] traditional unknown unknown live unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: La Nouvelle Chaîne Ivoirienne. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Ballaké Sissoko Ballaké Sissoko - Nan Sira Madi | A COLORS SHOW https://www.youtube.com/embed/O_J4VUFahKs Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: COLORS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2021-07-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[29] traditional unknown unknown live unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: COLORS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Ballaké Sissoko; Sona Jobarteh Ballaké Sissoko ft. Sona Jobarteh - Djourou (Official video) https://www.youtube.com/embed/8wWPC8edho8 Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: NØ FØRMAT!. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2021-02-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[30] traditional unknown unknown music-video unknown country:Mali; country:Gambia supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: NØ FØRMAT!. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Sidiki Diabaté SIDIKI DIABATÉ - Meilleur performance à la KORA https://www.youtube.com/embed/pZsn2tmq28o Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: RMOHD. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2021-01-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[31] traditional unknown unknown live unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: RMOHD. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Sidiki Diabaté SIDIKI DIABATE - NE NIKANI sur #eNLiveMali https://www.youtube.com/embed/B6hBUb3KxeM Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: eNLiveMali. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2020-07-01. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2020-07-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[32] traditional unknown 2020-07-01 live unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: eNLiveMali. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2020-07-01. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Mory Kanté and band Mory Kanté - Möko & Nafiya (live in 2008) https://www.youtube.com/embed/bzgkeFBEqdQ Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: vrije geluiden. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2008-03-16. Primary VPRO broadcaster’s complete Möko/Nafiya performance with the kora-rooted Guinean electric griot ensemble. Historical live date explicit; no duplicate Nafiya excerpt imported. Video publication: 2020-06-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[33] traditional unknown 2008-03-16 live unknown country:Guinea supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: vrije geluiden. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2008-03-16. Primary VPRO broadcaster’s complete Möko/Nafiya performance with the kora-rooted Guinean electric griot ensemble. Historical live date explicit; no duplicate Nafiya excerpt imported. false false false
Sidiki Diabaté Sidiki Diabaté Kora Freestyle https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tvm3vffHxNk Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Alassane Diallo Officiel. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2020-05-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[34] traditional unknown unknown live unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Alassane Diallo Officiel. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Mory Kanté; Djanka Diabaté and ensemble Mory Kanté - Teri Ya https://www.youtube.com/embed/M7JlaUeQn3s Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: LE BERGER DES ARTS [Mamadou SECK]. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1986. Specific Teri Ya recording, explicitly described as Manding repertoire with jazz/funk/pop adaptation; accompanying Cameroonian instrumentalists do not change its Guinean repertoire scope. Video publication: 2020-01-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[35] traditional unknown 1986 audio unknown country:Guinea supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: LE BERGER DES ARTS [Mamadou SECK]. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1986. Specific Teri Ya recording, explicitly described as Manding repertoire with jazz/funk/pop adaptation; accompanying Cameroonian instrumentalists do not change its Guinean repertoire scope. false false false
Madou Sidiki Diabaté SkillCast EP.2 | Madou Sidiki Diabaté Live | SkillBox https://www.youtube.com/embed/BXv_5IsneI0 Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: SkillBox. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018-09-26. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2019-02-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[36] traditional unknown 2018-09-26 live unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: SkillBox. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018-09-26. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Sona Jobarteh; Andi McLean; Westley Joseph and ensemble Sona Jobarteh - Bannaye - LIVE at Afrikafestival Hertme 2018 https://www.youtube.com/embed/IqVWKpYA3bI Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: AfricanMusicFestival. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018-07-08. Distinct Bannaye/Kaira/Gambia works from Hertme2018; no overlapping full Hertme concert imported. Video publication: 2018-09-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[37] traditional unknown 2018-07-08 live unknown country:Gambia supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: AfricanMusicFestival. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018-07-08. Distinct Bannaye/Kaira/Gambia works from Hertme2018; no overlapping full Hertme concert imported. false false false
Sona Jobarteh; Andi McLean; Westley Joseph and ensemble Sona Jobarteh - Gambia - LIVE at Afrikafestival Hertme 2018 https://www.youtube.com/embed/zSD_amb-l9Q Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: AfricanMusicFestival. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018-07-08. Distinct Bannaye/Kaira/Gambia works from Hertme2018; no overlapping full Hertme concert imported. Video publication: 2018-09-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[38] traditional unknown 2018-07-08 live unknown country:Gambia supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: AfricanMusicFestival. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018-07-08. Distinct Bannaye/Kaira/Gambia works from Hertme2018; no overlapping full Hertme concert imported. false false false
Kandia Kouyaté Kandia Kouyaté - Woulalé (Clip Officiel) https://www.youtube.com/embed/L5poCtt9810 Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Syllart Records. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2017-07-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[39] traditional unknown unknown music-video unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Syllart Records. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Albert Distelbrink Mory Kante: Kouma , parole de griot , cover by Albert Distelbrink (kora and voice) https://www.youtube.com/embed/HRE-W26viYs Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Albert Distelbrink. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual kora-and-voice rendition of Mory Kanté’s Kouma at Haarlem World Music Festival, performed by Albert Distelbrink rather than the original composer/singer. Specific jeli repertoire adaptation. Video publication: 2016-10-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[40] traditional unknown unknown live unknown country:Guinea supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Albert Distelbrink. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual kora-and-voice rendition of Mory Kanté’s Kouma at Haarlem World Music Festival, performed by Albert Distelbrink rather than the original composer/singer. Specific jeli repertoire adaptation. false false false
Sona Jobarteh and band Sona Jobarteh & Band: Kora Music from West Africa https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ig91Z0-rBfo Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2015-07-01. University-primary complete Weimar concert, with named kora/vocalist and ensemble. Do not also count its individual cuts as new recordings. Video publication: 2016-01-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[41] traditional unknown 2015-07-01 live unknown country:Gambia supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2015-07-01. University-primary complete Weimar concert, with named kora/vocalist and ensemble. Do not also count its individual cuts as new recordings. false false false
Sona Jobarteh Sona Jobarteh - GAMBIA (Official Video) https://www.youtube.com/embed/PtmmlOQnTXM Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Sona Jobarteh. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary artist’s Gambia song explicitly foregrounds Mandinka seruba drum and tradition in a contemporary arrangement; not a generic all-Africa pop selection. Video publication: 2015-11-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[42] traditional unknown unknown music-video unknown country:Gambia supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Sona Jobarteh. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary artist’s Gambia song explicitly foregrounds Mandinka seruba drum and tradition in a contemporary arrangement; not a generic all-Africa pop selection. false false false
Ballaké Sissoko Ballaké Sissoko (et les oiseaux du musée Batha) au festival des Musiques Sacrées du Monde de Fès https://www.youtube.com/embed/hJOo8PU-mCY Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Transcordancias & Jugalbandis - Global Music Live. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2015-11-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[43] traditional unknown unknown live unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Transcordancias & Jugalbandis - Global Music Live. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Toumani Diabaté; Sidiki Diabaté Toumani & Sidiki Diabaté live - "Lampedusa" - Festival Mantras - Madrid - 19/02/2015 https://www.youtube.com/embed/Usf0qtrBVW8 Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Transcordancias & Jugalbandis - Global Music Live. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2015-02-19. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2015-02-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[44] traditional unknown 2015-02-19 live unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: Transcordancias & Jugalbandis - Global Music Live. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2015-02-19. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Toumani Diabaté; Sidiki Diabaté Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté - Jarabi https://www.youtube.com/embed/-cLAwAOi-hA Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: NOISE CHAMBER. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2014-10-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[45] traditional unknown unknown live unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: NOISE CHAMBER. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Toumani Diabaté; Sidiki Diabaté Toumani & Sidiki Diabaté - Mogokouma (Live at Roskilde Festival, July 6th, 2014) https://www.youtube.com/embed/jcd0xV9GrPg Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: mathiasnielsen66. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2014-07-06. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2014-07-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[46] traditional unknown 2014-07-06 live unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: mathiasnielsen66. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2014-07-06. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Toumani Diabaté; Sidiki Diabaté Toumani & Sidiki Diabaté: Dr. Cheikh Modibo Diarra (Live) - Funkhaus Europa @ Roskilde 2014 https://www.youtube.com/embed/yljPlut7d10 Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: COSMO. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2014-07-06. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2014-07-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[47] traditional unknown 2014-07-06 live unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: COSMO. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2014-07-06. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false
Toumani Diabaté; Sidiki Diabaté Toumani & Sidiki Diabate - BBC 2 Live Session (Glastonbury 2014) https://www.youtube.com/embed/K8nyjsDj-Is Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: dastian man. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2014. Rachid Ouiguini BBC Glastonbury live session2014, separate from Roskilde works. Video publication: 2014-07-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[48] traditional unknown 2014 live unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: dastian man. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2014. Rachid Ouiguini BBC Glastonbury live session2014, separate from Roskilde works. false false false
Toumani Diabaté TOUMANI DIABATE, ANTIGEL, GENEVE, 2013 https://www.youtube.com/embed/qT0ePH10ryA Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: arnaudafroblue. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2013-02-05. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. Video publication: 2013-02-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[49] traditional unknown 2013-02-05 live unknown country:Mali supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mande jeliya musical recording. Source: arnaudafroblue. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2013-02-05. Specific Manding jeli/kora repertoire and actual performers reviewed. Modern arrangements are retained as adaptations; publication dates and concert venues do not change unknown sessions or repertoire context. false false false

Related genres

Wassoulou, hunters' music and Mande guitar-based pop share parts of the wider regional environment but have distinct relationships to social role and repertoire. Kora music is a useful instrument-based browsing category, yet not all kora playing has the same function as jeli praise. Likewise, a singer from a jeli family may pursue music beyond a conventional jeliya setting. Keeping practice, instrument, family identity and commercial genre separate makes the connections more informative and avoids turning a living institution into a costume attached to any West African musician.

References and further reading

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mande Music — Eric Charry, University of Chicago Press.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fakoli — Abdoulaye Diabate and Super Manden, Smithsonian Folkways.
  3. ↑ The World is Made by Talk — Dorothea Schulz. Access note: Relevant public text/indexed passages read.
  4. ↑ Toumani Diabaté and Sidiki Diabaté — Kaïra — RFI Musiques du Monde. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
  5. ↑ Kandia Kouyaté — Djeli Nana. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
  6. ↑ Ballaké Sissoko, Piers Faccini - When the Jeli sings (Hommage à Kassé Mady).
  7. ↑ Ballaké Sissoko - Weltere (Official visualizer).
  8. ↑ Ballaké Sissoko Orkestra au Festival des Musiques Sacrées de Fès 24/05/2025.
  9. ↑ Sona Jobarteh - Gambia | Live | La Seine Musicale.
  10. ↑ Ballaké Sissoko and Derek Gripper, Live Improvisation No. 2 | Chan Centre.
  11. ↑ Ballaké Sissoko and Derek Gripper, Live Improvisation No. 1 | Chan Centre.
  12. ↑ 2026-04-16 SONA JOBARTEH Tivoli Vredenburg.
  13. ↑ Sona Jobarteh live concert in Netherlands Eindhoven 10-04 2026.
  14. ↑ Face a Face Belle Mere et Belle fille /Kandia et adja prestation Duo Kandia et Adja dans Mali Sadio.
  15. ↑ KANDIA KORA | La Marraine Batouly Niane Live Session By Dj.IKK.
  16. ↑ Face a Face Belle Mere et Belle fille /Kandia et adja prestation Adja dans Kandia Nana.
  17. ↑ Face a Face Belle Mere et Belle fille /Kandia et adja prestation Adja dans Djatta Foli.
  18. ↑ Face a Face Belle Mere et Belle fille /Kandia et adja prestation Kandia dans Kita KOUROU.
  19. ↑ Ballaké Sissoko | Brussels.
  20. ↑ Face a Face Belle Mere et Belle fille /Kandia et adja prestation Kandia dans Djeliyaba.
  21. ↑ Sona Jobarteh live Performance in Penchamii | LSSE TV.
  22. ↑ Kandia Kouyaté & Rokia Koné : Desert Storm.
  23. ↑ Sidiki Diabate Balla Diabate Ahmed Diabate rend Hommage à Toumani Diabate.
  24. ↑ Ballaké Sissoko - Live at Afrika Festival Hertme - 2024.
  25. ↑ KANDIA KORA x MORISSANDA | KOUYATÉ & KOUYATÉ Sumu Live Complet | 🇬🇳Official Video 2025 | By Dj.IKK.
  26. ↑ Sona Jobarteh - Kaira - Live at Afrika Festival Hertme 2018.
  27. ↑ Sona Jobarteh - Gambia - Live - Pioneer Works 4/23/2023 Brooklyn New York City.
  28. ↑ Toumani Diabaté en live sur la scène de La Télé d'Ici saison 4.
  29. ↑ Ballaké Sissoko - Nan Sira Madi | A COLORS SHOW.
  30. ↑ Ballaké Sissoko ft. Sona Jobarteh - Djourou (Official video).
  31. ↑ SIDIKI DIABATÉ - Meilleur performance à la KORA.
  32. ↑ SIDIKI DIABATE - NE NIKANI sur #eNLiveMali.
  33. ↑ Mory Kanté - Möko & Nafiya (live in 2008).
  34. ↑ Sidiki Diabaté Kora Freestyle.
  35. ↑ Mory Kanté - Teri Ya.
  36. ↑ SkillCast EP.2 | Madou Sidiki Diabaté Live | SkillBox.
  37. ↑ Sona Jobarteh - Bannaye - LIVE at Afrikafestival Hertme 2018.
  38. ↑ Sona Jobarteh - Gambia - LIVE at Afrikafestival Hertme 2018.
  39. ↑ Kandia Kouyaté - Woulalé (Clip Officiel).
  40. ↑ Mory Kante: Kouma , parole de griot , cover by Albert Distelbrink (kora and voice).
  41. ↑ Sona Jobarteh & Band: Kora Music from West Africa.
  42. ↑ Sona Jobarteh - GAMBIA (Official Video).
  43. ↑ Ballaké Sissoko (et les oiseaux du musée Batha) au festival des Musiques Sacrées du Monde de Fès.
  44. ↑ Toumani & Sidiki Diabaté live - "Lampedusa" - Festival Mantras - Madrid - 19/02/2015.
  45. ↑ Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté - Jarabi.
  46. ↑ Toumani & Sidiki Diabaté - Mogokouma (Live at Roskilde Festival, July 6th, 2014).
  47. ↑ Toumani & Sidiki Diabaté: Dr. Cheikh Modibo Diarra (Live) - Funkhaus Europa @ Roskilde 2014.
  48. ↑ Toumani & Sidiki Diabate - BBC 2 Live Session (Glastonbury 2014).
  49. ↑ TOUMANI DIABATE, ANTIGEL, GENEVE, 2013.

Hotspot mushrooms

Jeliya is a connected transnational Mande social institution with several regional instrumental centers. Broad overlapping West African fields and detached diaspora circuits express actual family/community circulation, not a chain of capital-city studios.

These fields are editorial illustrations of musical affinity and cultural reach, not listener statistics. Radius marks the zero edge of the fade; overlapping fields of this genre combine by maximum.

Africa completion review: The connected regional fields are retained; their intensity expresses qualitative musical affinity and is not an audience estimate.

The fields express editorial judgments about relative musical affinity and reach, not measured audience shares. Radius is the zero edge of a linear fade; same-genre overlaps combine by maximum.

MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms
ID Location Latitude Longitude Radius (km) Strength Notes
jeliya-manden-heartland Manden Mali–Guinea cultural corridor 11.8 -9.4 750.0 1.0 Continuous Mande communities and specialist networks.
jeliya-senegambia Senegambian Mandinka landscape 13.0 -14.4 600.0 0.9 Distinct related western repertoire and kora networks.
jeliya-france French Mande diaspora circuit 47.0 2.0 400.0 0.45 Community events and professional performance.
jeliya-britain British Mande diaspora and adopted circuit 52.0 -1.2 300.0 0.34 Detached community and concert practice.
jeliya-us-northeast Northeastern United States Mande circuit 41.0 -73.8 330.0 0.35 Documented transnational social-performance community.
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