ABSTRACT
Malinké oral tradition and performances (see oral literature and performance). His most prominent works in this regard include Gens de la parole essais sur la condition et le rôle des griots dans la société Malinké (The Keepers of Speech: Status and Function of the Griots in Malinke Society) (1976); his doctorate Paroles de nuit (Words of Night) (1978); and Grain de vision: Afrique noire, drame et liturgie (Speck of Vision: Black Africa, Drama and Liturgy) (1994).
