Examples of 'griot' in a sentence
Meaning of "griot"
In African culture, a griot is a storyteller, musician, or oral historian who carries on the tradition of passing down history through storytelling and music
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- A West African storyteller who passes on oral traditions; a wandering musician and poet.
- A Haitian dish of fried pork.
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Their griot lineage extends many generations.
Loyalty was an important quality a griot must have.
And the griot went on with his narrative.
Everyone would tell griot the stories.
She considers herself to be a modern day griot.
The griot knows everything that is going on.
We can hardly collect taxes on the words of a griot.
A griot was a person in africa who was charged with keeping.
I knew the word griot when i was a little boy.
Keïta the heritage of the griot.
I left some griot on the stove for you.
Presentation of musical instruments and discussion of the griot tradition.
Your griot and your advisors are but your echo.
The most extraordinary griot.
There is some griot on the stove if you get hungry.
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This test was just one of many tests carried out by the head griot.
The griot of the king.
Kouyate grew up immersed in the dynastic griot traditions of his family.
A griot left for eternity and the whole tribe is in tears.
And they would remember them so they could everyone would tell griot the stories.
Griot groove inc.
She writes in the tradition of the African griot.
A good griot could speak for three days without repeating himself.
The next in the list is Griot.
The head griot would offer them a beverage that they must drink.
The African filmmaker is often compared to the traditional griot.
This griot prefers to put his trust in the political system than in a single man.
Baba Sissoko is also considered a Malian griot because he was born into a family of griots.
A griot was a person in Africa.
They played together this music of griot tradition and originating in the Mandingue Empire.
A griot was a person in Africa who was charged with keeping the stories of the village.
The name Jaliba means great praise singer or griot in his native Mandinka language.
The father also teaches his children to play the Ngoni and talk as a griot.
Holman performs poetry on a periodic basis with griot and kora player Papa Susso.
Let the great griot guide you in this fabulous story inspired from African legends.
Sona is the first female kora virtuoso to come from a prestigious west African Griot family.
West African griot tradition fusion.
I will go to Mandé to ask help of the griot Kouyaté.
Some griot traditions came with slaves to the New World.
Today many modern Wolof musicians still come from Griot families.
Ginjah Griot at myspace Strosse gold.
She descends from one of the five griot families of West Africa.
His cousin Sona Jobarteh is the first female kora player to come from a Griot family.
She was the official griot of president Léopold Sédar Senghor.
The residents named the development Griot Village.
Griot and balafon player for the Bangoura Group.
Filters were supplied by Melles Griot.
This is griot with rice and beans, a traditional dish.
Doing comedy, she told me you should be a griot.
There is a long history of either griot or praise-singing traditions.
