Somono Bala of the Upper Niger: River People, Charismatic Bards, and Misschieveous Music in a West African Culture

Somono Bala of the Upper Niger

River People, Charismatic Bards, and Misschieveous Music in a West African Culture

2001 • 190 pages

The Somono are an ethnic group specialized in fishing on the river Niger. Somono Bala is an epic story. This is the first ever translation of this narritive from the Maninka language into English.


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