griot
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thumb|right|200px|Senegalese griot, 1890 thumb|200px|A Hausa people|Hausa griot performs at [[Diffa, Niger, playing a (Xalam).]]
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Encyclopedic overview
27 sectionsContents
- Etymology and terminology
- Role
- Women griotes (Griottes)
- Apprenticeship and training systems
- In the Mali Empire
- In Mande society
- Musical instruments used by griots
- Historical Developments
- Traditional vs. Modern
- Colonial and Post-Colonial Transformations
- Present-day griots
- Hip hop and griots
- Notable griots
- Burkina Faso
- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea Bissau
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Nigeria
- Niger
- Senegal
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|200px|Senegalese griot, 1890 thumb|200px|A Hausa people|Hausa griot performs at [[Diffa, Niger, playing a (Xalam).]]
A griot (; ; Manding: ' or ' (in N'Ko: , or in French spelling); also spelt Djali; or or ' / '; ) is a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet, and/or musician. Griots are masters of communicating stories and history orally, which is an African tradition.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “griot” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.