পশ্চিম আফ্রিকার একটি গল্পবলিয়ে; একটি পরিবার বা গ্রামের মৌখিক ঐতিহ্য perpetuates

griot's Usage Examples:

A griot (/ˈɡriːoʊ/; French: [ɡʁi.

The Griot Building was named for Cameron; "griot" is a West African term for an oral historian and news-bringer.

is most often sung in a French creole and led by a griot.

As calypso developed, the role of the griot became known as a chantuelle and eventually, calypsonian.

Keïta! l'Héritage du griot (English title: Keita! Voice of the Griot ) is a 1995 Burkinabé drama film directed by Dani Kouyaté and starring Sotigui Kouyaté.

West African countries, the Gambia has a history of griot storytelling going back eight centuries.

Fulani people, for example, use single-reeded flutes, while the ancient griot tradition uses five-string kinde and various kinds of horns, and the Tibesti.

Members of Kouyaté's lineage or clan have served as griots for the Keita dynasty since at least the 13th century.

Post-independence, the philosophy of negritude arose, which espoused the idea that the griot traditions of Senegal were as valid, classical and meaningful as French.

childhood, he played tamani, often accompanying the traditional female griot during wedding and other traditional ceremonies.

descendant of a long line of West African poets (griots).

His uncle, Kélé Monson Diabaté, was considered a master griot, and Massa Makan Diabaté once said that.

group, and is a griot.

many tests carried out by the head griot.

The head male griot would test the young man whilst the head female griot would test the young woman.

forms of griots.

Prior to the wide spread of hip hop in Senegal, traditional music was transcended through pre-ordained griots.

The term griot, also known.

Dani Kouyaté (born June 4, 1961) is a film director and griot from Burkina Faso, which the BBC describes as "Africa's most important film-making country".

griot's Meaning':

a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village

Synonyms:

storyteller; narrator; teller;

Antonyms:

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