Griots and Griottes
Subtitle: Masters of Words and Music (African Expressive Cultures)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: August 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9780253219619
Subjects: African studies; Social & cultural anthropology; History; Archaeology / Anthropology; History - General History; History: World; West Africa; Anthropology - Cultural; Folklore & Mythology - Storytelling; Africa - General; Folklore & Mythology
First sentence: Because the terms historian and storyteller reveal only part of the story of griot, translators and scholars have often adopted another word from the list of griot activities to describe the profession: praise-singer (Laye, 1954; Kourouma, 1981; Irwin, 1981; Ebron, 1993).