STUDYING GRIOTS: RECENT WORK IN MANDE STUDIES From: African Studies Review | Date: December 1, 2004| Author: Belcher, Stephen | Copyright African Studies Association Dec 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

STUDYING GRIOTS: RECENT WORK IN MANDE STUDIES

Barbara G. Hoffman. Griots at War: Conflict, Conciliation, and Caste in Mande. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000. xviii + 298 pp. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. $39.95. Cloth.

Marloes Janson. The Best Hand Is the Hand That Always Gives: Griottes and Their Profession in Eastern Gambia. Leiden: Center for Non-Western Studies, 2002. xiv + 322 pp. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. euro35.00. Paper.

Jan Jansen. Epo...