[MALI] CISSE, Youssouf Tata and KAMISSOKO, Wa. La grande ges - Lot 117

[MALI] CISSE, Youssouf Tata and KAMISSOKO, Wa. La grande geste du Mali, des origines à la fondation de l'Empire. Paris, Karthala - Arsan, 1988. In-8, paperback, illustrated cover. XI - 426 pages. 8 plates of black photographs on glossy paper. Slight black marks on cover. Transcript of the Bamako colloquium on the history of Mali, attended by the great Malian historian and ethnologist Youssouf Tata Cissé, researcher at the CNRS, and the griot Wa Kamissoko. A meeting between a "man of caste" (nâra) and a researcher, who crossed Mali together to map its legends and attend Dogon ceremonies in the presence of filmmaker Jean Rouche. A griot enters the Sorbonne, bringing together academic historiography and the oral transmission of Mali's founding epics. In very good condition.