7.25 (Griots)

What is a griot?

• A storyteller

• A magician

• A religious leader

• A village leader

What three things do griots help maintain in West Africa?

• History

• Business

• Customs & Traditions

• Family heritage

• Defense

What is the term for maintaining culture and knowledge from generation to generation by word of mouth?

• Written Tradition

• Oral Tradition

• Foreign Tradition

• Ancient Tradition

What is the best example of oral tradition?

• Singing a song using written lyrics.

• Reading a story out loud.

• Referring to a book.

• Telling a story around a fire.

Griots were important for all of the following, except...

• Recalling the history of your kingdom.

• Communicating information about your ancestors.

• Leading religious worship.

• Teaching children by telling stories.

T/F: Griots were crucial to West Africans because they maintained history through telling stories.

• True

• False

When you tell a story that has a deeper meaning, it can be called a...

• law

• book

• scripture

• parable

Sometimes, griots enhanced their stories by including...

• music

• sacrifice

• books

• puppets

What statement about Griots is true, after the introduction of writing to West Africa?

• Griots mostly wrote down their knowledge, then taught at new universities.

• Griots ceased to exist.

• Griots changed, and became leaders of religious worship.

• Griots continued to maintain and speak the history of their people.

T/F: Griots were also the leaders of their village.

• True

• False