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- Griot abstract "A griot (/ˈɡri.oʊ/; French pronunciation: [ɡʁi.o]), jali or jeli (djeli or djéli in French spelling) is a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet and/or musician. The griot is a repository of oral tradition and is often seen as a societal leader due to his traditional position as an adviser to royal personages. As a result of the former of these two functions, he is sometimes also called a bard. According to Paul Oliver in his book Savannah Syncopators, "Though [the griot] has to know many traditional songs without error, he must also have the ability to extemporize on current events, chance incidents and the passing scene. His wit can be devastating and his knowledge of local history formidable". Although they are popularly known as "praise singers", griots may use their vocal expertise for gossip, satire, or political comment.Griots today live in many parts of West Africa and are present among the Mande peoples (Mandinka, Malinké, Bambara, etc.), Fulɓe (Fula), Hausa, Songhai, Tukulóor, Wolof, Serer, Mossi, Dagomba, Mauritanian Arabs and many other smaller groups. The word may derive from the French transliteration "guiriot" of the Portuguese word "criado", or masculine singular term for "servant". These story-tellers are more predominant in the northern portions of West Africa.In African languages, griots are referred to by a number of names: jeli in northern Mande areas, jali in southern Mande areas, guewel in Wolof, gawlo in Pulaar (Fula). Griots form an endogamous caste, meaning that most of them only marry fellow griots and that those who are not griots do not normally perform the same functions that they perform.Francis Bebey writes about the griot in his book African Music, A People's Art (Lawrence Hill Books): "The West African griot is a troubadour, the counterpart of the medieval European minstrel... The griot knows everything that is going on... He is a living archive of the people's traditions... The virtuoso talents of the griots command universal admiration. This virtuosity is the culmination of long years of study and hard work under the tuition of a teacher who is often a father or uncle. The profession is by no means a male prerogative. There are many women griots whose talents as singers and musicians are equally remarkable."".
- Griot thumbnail GriotFête.jpg?width=300.
- Griot wikiPageExternalLink the-ancient-craft-of-jaliyaa.
- Griot wikiPageExternalLink jeliya.php.
- Griot wikiPageExternalLink keita.htm.
- Griot wikiPageExternalLink jeliya.htm.
- Griot wikiPageExternalLink www.griotmovie.com.
- Griot wikiPageExternalLink griotimages.html.
- Griot wikiPageExternalLink BallaTounkara_En.htm.
- Griot wikiPageExternalLink mali-memories.
- Griot wikiPageExternalLink www.theGrio.com.
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- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Abdoulaye_Diabaté.
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- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Ablaye_Cissoko.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Ahmadou_Kourouma.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Alex_Haley.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Anthony_Joseph.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Aristocracy_(class).
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- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Ba_Cissoko.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Baaba_Maal.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Baba_Sissoko.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Bakari_Sumano.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Balla_Fasséké.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Balla_Tounkara.
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- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Caste.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Category:Gambian_culture.
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- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Category:Guinean_culture.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ivorian_culture.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Category:Malian_culture.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Category:Nigerian_culture.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Category:Occupations_in_music.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Category:Oral_literature.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Category:Oral_poets.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Category:Poets.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Category:Senegalese_culture.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Category:West_Africa.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Central_Africa.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Chad.
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- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Cheick_Oumar_Sissoko.
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- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Dälek.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Endogamous.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Endogamy.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Epic_of_Sundiata.
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- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Fili.
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- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Fourth_World,_Vol._1:_Possible_Musics.
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- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Habib_Koité.
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- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Idiom.
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- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Ivory_Coast.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Jon_Hassell.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Kunta_Kinte.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Lamin_Saho.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink List_of_Sub-Saharan_African_folk_music_traditions.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Mali.
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- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Mamadou_Diabaté.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Mamman_Shata.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Manding_languages.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Mandinka_people.
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- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Mansour_Seck.
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- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Massa_Makan_Diabaté.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Mauritania.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Mory_Kante.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Mory_Kanté.
- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Mossi_people.
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- Griot wikiPageWikiLink NBC.
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- Griot wikiPageWikiLink Naré_Maghann_Konaté.