
1) French word used in English 2) Narrator 3) Roots historian 4) Roots storyteller 5) Storyteller 6) Storyteller in West Africa 7) Teller 8) West African storyteller 
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 A griot (oʊ; 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 also often seen as something of a societal leader due to his traditional position as an adviser to royal personages. As a result of the former o...
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(from the article `Mauritania`) ...of the bdn population were vassals who received protection from the warriors or marabouts in return for tribute. There were two artisan ... ...by the immense fan formed by its ears and its trunk. Similarly, because traditional Senegalese music is not written down, the imagination of the ... ...fiddl...
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[
n] - a storyteller in West Africa
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 a storyteller or tribal historian.
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