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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Vinony's link graph records 838 inbound references to griot, and connects out to The Gambia, Mali Empire and Mandinka people.
It is catalogued under topics including Culture of Ghana, Culture of Guinea and Culture of Ivory Coast.
Vinony links it to 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- profession
- Subclass of
- narrator
- Image
- Balafon griot (1).jpg
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- male form of label
- griot
- female form of label
- griot
- Commons category
- Griots
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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.