jelis

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jelis

  1. plural of jeli
    • 2000, Eric Charry, Mande Music: Traditional and Modern Music of the Maninka and Mandinka of Western Africa, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 7:
      Among jelis, there are three distinct performance activities: speech (kuma), song (dònkili), and instrument playing (Mn: fòli; Md: kosiri).