A griot (/ˈɡriːoʊ/; French: [ɡʁi.o]; Manding: jali or jeli (in N'Ko: ߖߋ߬ߟߌ, djeli or djéli in French spelling); also spelt Djali; Serer: kevel or kewel...
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Griots are West African poets, who carry stories in the oral tradition accompanied by music. Griot may also refer to: Ablaye Cissoko (b. 1970), known as...
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Griot (French: griot, Haitian Creole: griyo) is a dish in Haitian cuisine. It consists of pork shoulder marinated in citrus, which is braised and then...
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The Griot is a 2021 Nigerian drama film directed by Adeoluwa Owu and produced by Goodness Emmanuel. The film stars Lateef Adedimeji, Funso Adeolu, Goodness...
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Urban Griot is an album by Billy Taylor, featuring tracks recorded in 2000 and released by Soundpost Records. The album was recorded at Manhattan Center...
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Ablaye Cissoko (redirect from Griot (film))
Traversées (2019).[citation needed] A 2011 feature-length documentary, Griot, directed by Volker Goetze, follows Cissoko, who is determined to preserve...
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Griot Galaxy was an avant-garde jazz band led by Detroit saxophonist and poet Faruq Z. Bey. The band was founded in 1972 with drummer Tariq Samad, bassist...
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Innercity Griots is the second studio album by American hip hop group Freestyle Fellowship. It was released on April 28, 1993 on 4th & B'way Records and...
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Wolof music (section Griot tradition)
were traditionally drawn from the griots (géwél), or of the blacksmith caste (tëgg), who were masters of drumming. Griots taught history, ethics and religion...
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Keïta! l'Héritage du griot (English title: Keita! Voice of the Griot) is a 1995 Burkinabé film directed by Dani Kouyaté and starring Sotigui Kouyaté....
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hereditary class of West African musicians, griots, play tanged lutes, and no other form of stringed instrument; non-griot performers in West Africa play a mixture...
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Oral history in modern Mali (section What is a griot?)
cannot become a Griot; one must be born into a family of griots to hold that position. Sometimes, a key aspect to signify who is a griot can be found in...
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List of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number: 321.31 (section West African griot and spike lutes)
resonator. A hereditary class of West African musicians, griots, play only tanged lutes; but non-griot performers in West Africa play a mixture of both spike...
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Griot, also known as Brewz Bana, is a rapper from Basel, Switzerland. Formerly known as Mory, he released several records and mix-tapes, until he was...
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five principal kora-playing griot families of West Africa, and is the first female professional kora player to come from a griot family. She is the cousin...
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Alfred Rosmer (redirect from Alfred Griot)
Alfred Rosmer (born Alfred Griot, 23 August 1877 – 6 May 1964) was an American-born French Communist political activist and historian who was a leading...
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Dan Maraya (category Nigerian traditional music griot)
born Adamu Wayyapronunciation in 1946 – 20 June 2015) was a Nigerian Hausa griot known for playing the kontigi. He was also remembered as a man who did not...
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organization changed its name to The Griot Museum of Black History (“The Griot”) in 2009. In some west African countries, the griot, is a historian, storyteller...
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Griot Libertè is an album by bassist Buster Williams recorded in 2004 and released on the HighNote label. The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow said "There...
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From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots is the second album by dälek, released in 2002. The instrumentation of the album includes vocals and turntables as...
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Senegalese hip hop (section History of griots)
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...
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the next. Their music and literary traditions are preserved by a caste of griots, known locally as jalolu (singular, jali), as well as guilds and brotherhoods...
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griots...The other category of lute... has a cylindrical bridge that sits on top of the soundtable...[an example:] Figure 1b. Hausa molo: non-griot lute...
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Fanta Damba (born 1938 in Ségou) is a Malian djelimuso (Bambara female Griot-singer) known to her fans as La Grande Vedette Malienne. Damba was a successful...
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Titinga Frédéric Pacéré (redirect from La poésie des griots)
December 1943 – 8 November 2024) was a Burkinabé solicitor, writer, poet and griot and founder and curator of the Musée de Manega museum in Burkina Faso. Pacéré...
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It is useful for cutting through the greasiness of fried foods such as griot (fried pork), tassot (fried beef), or bannann peze (fried plantains) and...
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Griotmedia (2007-11-28). "GRIOT MEDIA: THE IGBO GRIOT". GRIOT MEDIA. Retrieved 2024-09-04. "History Keepers: The Griots of West Africa". Medium. 17...
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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...
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known families of griot (hereditary) musicians. He was of mixed Malian and Guinean descent. After being brought up in the Mandinka griot tradition in Guinea...
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