ABSTRACT In December 2016, the Gambia appeared on the brink of violent conflict when Yahya Jammeh, the country’s dictator of 22 years, refused to concede defeat in the presidential election. This article investigates the way griot performers responded to the Gambia’s political crisis, using the platform of the popular kora mbalax style as a medium for political engagement and conflict resolution. It shows that performers’ responses to the Gambia’s political crisis drew on longstanding practices of conflict mediation while also demonstrating creativity and flexibility in engaging with social media and more direct forms of political critique.

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冈比亚 2016 年大选后的 Jali 流行歌曲和冲突调解

摘要 2016 年 12 月，当冈比亚执政 22 年的独裁者叶海亚·贾梅拒绝承认在总统选举中失败时，冈比亚处于暴力冲突的边缘。本文利用流行的 kora mbalax 风格的平台作为政治参与和解决冲突的媒介，调查了 griot 表演者应对冈比亚政治危机的方式。它表明，表演者对冈比亚政治危机的反应借鉴了冲突调解的长期做法，同时也展示了在参与社交媒体和更直接的政治批评形式方面的创造力和灵活性。