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	Griot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A griot (pronounced "gree-oh") is a West African poet, praise singer, and wandering musician, considered a repository of oral tradition.
		Griots form an endogamous caste, meaning that most of them only marry other griots and that those who are not griots do not normally perform the same functions that they perform.
		Bakari Sumano, head of the Association of Bamako Griots from 1994 to 2003, was an internationally-known advocate for the importance of the griot in West African society.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Griot (472 words)

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		Griots in Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Gambia variously serve as village historian, royal advisor, diplomat, mediator, teacher, exhorter, witness, praise singer and key participant at the important village ceremonies.
		Although the griots in West Africa arise from many ethnic and linguistic traditions, whatever their origins, many consider all or some of their roots to be tied to the thirteenth-century Malian empire and its founder, Sundiata Keita.
		The basic tale of griot origins involves blood sacrifice and is used to explain taboos associated with griots and why their caste is distinct from that of other West African villagers.
	www.kuveni.de /vox4.htm (949 words)

	MUSICAL AND ORAL TRADITIONS
		Griot families were attached to particular noble families, receiving protection and often generous remuneration in exchange for their services.
		For example, at a funeral, where a speaking griot might be present, the elegies and expressions of sympathy between the guests and the bereaved family would be transmitted by a griot.
		Some griots use their traditional talents to provide entertainment for the growing tourist industry or work on the radio or television.
	www.lclark.edu /~nicole/SENEGAL/MUSICAL.HTM (1904 words)

	Cosaan: Senegalese Culture
		In traditional settings, only griots (or, on occasion, someone acting in the capacity of a griot) may raise their voice or address an audience, while anyone else who wants to address a crowd must whisper to the griot, who in turn yells the message to the audience.
		The griot’s primary function is to preserve history and to praise the deeds of his or her patrons.
		Griots were, and are still to a large extent, the principal organizers of social events for their patrons' families.
	www.geocities.com /jbenhill/griots.html (863 words)

	IDN Bands: Neo Griot
		Neo Griot is a performance collective, committed to restoring the spoken art forms.
		Neo Griot is made up of several members some of whom are poets, emcees, and vocalists.
		Neo Griot is essentially a shared idea, grounded in the notion that 'Art is Life' and through art, life can be enhanced (and vice versa).
	www.idnmusic.com /bands/neo_griot.html (74 words)

	Griots of West Africa
		Although the griot caste ia among the lowest in the social hierarchy...griots are nevertheless much admired for their talent, and they can make a great deal of money.
		In each locality, the Griots form a distinct, and often oppressed, social caste; in the past, in certain regions of Senegal, deceased Griots were not buried in the community's sanctioned cemetery plots but instead were left in the hollowedout interiors of baobab trees to slowly decompose.
		The melodies sung by Griots, though they often have been influenced by the Islamic call to prayer, often resemble blues melodies-modal or scale structures are pentatonic, with areas of pitch-play, especially flattening, around specific intervals-the third, sometimes the fifth or seventh.
	www.geocities.com /ritmi2002/griots_west_africa.htm (1792 words)

	Keepers of History
		As performers, griots and griottes are in great demand, not only for ceremonies and parties in West Africa, where they have traditionally appeared, but all around the world.
		The griot profession is inherited, passed on from one generation to the next.
		Training for a griot begins within the family unit, with boys and girls learning from their griot parents, and then moves on to a formal griot school, and then to an apprenticeship with a master griot.
	www.rps.psu.edu /0205/keepers.html (2205 words)

	European Car: Griot's Garage Aluminum Floor Jack
		But thanks to Griot's Garage, it is not as expensive as you may have thought.
		Aluminum is approximately one-third the density of iron, and at 35 lb the Griot's jack is about one-third the weight of the monster that lurks in the corner of my garage.
		Griot's jack compromises between effort and speed, with six strokes from full down to full up.
	www.europeancarweb.com /auto_tools/0110ec_tool (842 words)

	CNN - Gourds and a griot open world of storytelling - April 17, 1998
		The griot is the elder, the keeper of tales, the tribe's memory.
		The shekere is the instrument used by the griot (rhymes with trio): a dried gourd, hollowed and closely wrapped in a net of beaded twine.
		The boy playing the griot settles gingerly onto a wooden stool and begins miming a tale to three or four boys squatting, enthralled, at his feet.
	www.cnn.com /books/news/9804/17/gourds (827 words)

	Guardians of culture: the controversial heritage of Senegalese Griots (1). - The Australian Journal of Anthropology - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Many Griot drummers justify their participation in sabar performances by linking the activity with the work of their historically marginalised ancestors, though this connection is disputed by elderly Griots, who view it as departure from their occupational tradition.
		While sabar is criticised for subverting both Griot heritage and public standards of decency, the ethnographic data suggest that it nevertheless reproduces traditional patronage relationships based on the interdependence and mutual benefit of the low-status (caste) and high-status (noble) sectors.
		Griot sabar drummers point out that through their music and vocal commentaries it is they who drive these competitions and make it possible for dancers to stand out before the crowd.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:119656784&refid=holomed_1 (7088 words)

	"African Filmmaker as Griot?"
		This romanticisation of the griot defines Samb's film language which valorises tradition as characterised in the film by authenticity, dignity and truth, and negates modernism as characterised by alienation, colonialism and exploitation.
		The reach of these griots is global because they are often lcoated outside Africa where they have sought safety from repression in their own countries.
		Most specifically, griots serve to recover and preserve for exhibition in film, that which has been alienated from the present generation because of the disruption consequent to imposition of modernization policies.
	spot.pcc.edu /~mdembrow/ALAnotes.htm (1575 words)

	Mr. Dowling's African History Page
		A griot is a learned storyteller, entertainer, and historian.
		Often a griot will memorize the genealogy, or family history, of everyone in a village going back centuries.
		American writer Alex Haley met a griot in 1966 that had memorized the entire story of the village of Juffure to a date two centuries in the past when his ancestor was enslaved.
	www.mrdowling.com /609ancafr.html (286 words)

	Cosaan: Senegalese Culture
		Even though many of the contexts in which griots played such an important role in traditional times have disappeared, many griots still have plenty of work to do, in both traditional and novel situations.
		This griot is singing praises to one of her patrons while waving around the bundle of money that other patrons have given her at the celebration.
		Most griots are multi-talented; this one acts not only as spokesman and historian for his patrons' families, but also as an entertainer, as he drums, dances, and chants at their social occasions.
	www.geocities.com /jbenhill/everydaygriots.html (468 words)

	Griot's Garage $99 Motorcycle Detailing Kit
		Griot’s also makes a spray cleaner you can carry to keep the clarity tip top while you’re on a ride.
		Finally Griot’s includes a bottle of their Speed Shine, which is a universal cleaner you can spray on just about anything on your bike, wipe off, and keep the bike looking great between washings.
		Griot’s is committed to not just providing great products to the detailing market, but making sure you’re educated in the best ways to use them.
	www.soundrider.com /archive/products/griots.htm (830 words)

	griot stirs up student activism - 4/7/97
		He said griot places a special emphasis on stories that focus on culture and that are overlooked in the mainstream press.
		griot was a major participant of the Student Coalition, which organized a protest last January to encourage the IU administration to address minority issues.
		Brown said he sees a lot of copies of griot in the news stands not being read but stressed this is not an indication of poor quality of writing, but instead of lack of publicity.
	www.indiana.edu /~ids/archives/aaaongriot.html (775 words)

	DailyOM - West African Griot
		The griot was a story-teller, poet, historian, philosopher, genealogist, and the archive of his or her people's traditions.
		The griots of the present draw on the same repertoire of songs, some nearly a thousand years old, to keep the history of their people alive.
		Skilled griots often have no need of verbal accompaniment and use a technique known as birimintingo to "speak the kora." In the past, the griot was a revered member of a clan whose task was the memorization of births and deaths, marriages, wars, hunts, and clan history.
	www.dailyom.com /articles/2004/279.html (406 words)

	BlackVoice - About BlackVoice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		In many African tribes a Griot is all of these things and more - a tangible link to the past, someone who not only could be touched, but could also touch you with stories and facts about who you were as a person.
		It is in the spirit of the Griot that we present this special section of BlackVoice.
		Above all, in the role as a Griot, BlackVoice is a tangible link to the past, something not onlyto be touched, but that can also touch us with stories and facts about who we are as a people.
	www.blackvoice.com /griot (309 words)

	Mali Empire & Griot Traditions
		A Griot would speak for hours, even days, drawing upon a practiced and memorized history, that had been passed on from Griot to Griot for generations.
		Somewhere along the line, griots, or jelis as they are known among the Manding, also became the official musicians of the society.
		These days, Manding families generally cannot afford their own private griot, so the musicians move from family to family, performing at weddings and baptisms, entertaining and praising the guests.
	web.cocc.edu /cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/coursepackpast/maligriot.htm (1340 words)

	Detroit Science Center Robot
		Griot Knowbot is essentially a donation box, a way for visitors to support the Detroit Science Center by means of small donations of money.
		Griot Knowbot accepts coins or bill in its mouth and electrically "feels" them as they enter or "sees" their shadow as they fall.
		Industrial discards form most of Griot Knowbot's body, but the careful observer will see that around his heart - every tin man needs a heart - are mementos of Europe, Africa, the Middle-East, the Mediterreanean, and Appalachia, mementoes of the people have settled in Detroit from all over the nation and the world.
	www.jpallas.com /robot (464 words)

	The Griot House of Art Welcome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Greetings to: THE GRIOT HOUSE of DOLLS, we are so glad you stopped by, come share our joy and excitement.
		GRIOT DOLLS are designed to convey a positive purpose of aesthetic.
		GRIOT DOLL is individually molded in the finest of ceramic clay, resin in porcelain.
	www.griotdolls.com (211 words)

	California Newsreel - KEITA: THE HERITAGE OF THE GRIOT
		For example, the griot first comes upon Mabo while he is studying the Western "creation myth," Darwin's theory of evolution, of a universe ruled only by chance and the "survival of the fittest." In contrast, Mandé myth holds that human history is suffused with purpose and that every person has a particular destiny within it.
		In the film's final scene, the griot disappears, and for the first time Mabo directly confronts the hunter; after hearing the epic, he is finally in touch with his destiny.
		Indeed, in making this film, Dani Kouyaté (who shares the name of the griot) succeeds in fulfilling the "meaning of his name." He has used a quintessentially 20th century invention, motion pictures, to insure that The Sundjata Epic is passed on as an inspiring force in the lives of young Africans everywhere.
	www.newsreel.org /films/keita.htm (854 words)

	The Urban Griot
		In the annals of West African history, "griot" (pronounced gree-oh) was the honored name bestowed on wise and knowledgeable storytellers entrusted with the pivotal task of documenting tribal histories and genealogies.
		Reaching disenfranchised male readers of present-day America is the niche The Urban Griot was destined to fill.
		The Urban Griot, a writer for those who like to live life on the edge and survive to read about it.
	www.blackauthors.com (428 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Griot's Garage Haze Free Window Cleaner at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Griot's Garage Window Cleaner doesn't contain any ammonia, vinegar, silicone, or other contaminants.
		Griot's Garage claims that it is safe to use on tinted windows because it doesn't contain ammonia, but I don't have tinted windows so I can't personally comment on that.
		Griot's Garage sells disposable Lint Free Towels for window cleaning (that's what you see in the photo next to the bottle of Cleaner), but they are a bit too expensive ($20 for 150 towels).
	www.epinions.com /content_31223221892 (668 words)

	Who We Are :: Global Griot Productions
		With Global Griot, Martin has participated in numerous productions as a director, producer, and editor, including the award winning feature length film "A Day in the Hype of America," and "What Would Jesus Play?" In addition to film production, Martin has been an active promoter in many arenas.
		Currently, T.J. is in the process of developing a new company titled Project 2050, which is a multi-faceted production company with an aim to promote the embracing of diversity through multiple of forms of communication, such as music, film, dance and literature.
		In addition to his work for Global Griot, Dave plays Ultimate Frisbee for the internationally renowned Seattle Sockeye, coaches at a local high school and gets out into the wilderness as often as possible.
	www.globalgriot.com /whoweare.php (406 words)

	ROCKCRAWLER.com - Neat Stuff from Griot's Garage
		Started by Richard Griot, Griot's Garage carries some of the neatest stuff around.
		Well, Griot's Garage came to the rescue with their wall-mounted towel dispenser (part #77597).
		The dispenser is fl and red (Griot's favorite color, apparently), made of plastic, and comes with the necessary hardware to mount it to your wall.
	www.rockcrawler.com /neatstuff/griotsgarage/03feb/index.asp (448 words)

	The Oral Tradition - Doudou N'Diaye Rose
		In order to understand the story of Doudou N'Diaye Rose (Pronunciation: Du du Ng-aya Rose) it is important to review briefly the role of the griot in pre-colonial Sénégal.
		History was passed on from generation to generation through the praise-songs of griots.
		But since his father was an accountant, he never got the chance to be initiated to drum beat in his early age.
	www.si.umich.edu /chico/UMS/Drummers/doudou.html (741 words)

	Griot Circle
		griot (gre-o, gre’o, gre’ot) n.: A storyteller in western Africa who perpetuates the oral tradition and history of a village or family.
		Many of us, born in the 20s, 30s, and 40s, are accustomed to concealing major parts of ourselves to ensure our survival.
		GRIOT Circle is a safe space where we can relax, hang out, and share our experiences in a warm and supportive environment.
	www.griotcircle.org /layout.htm (132 words)

	A Season's Griot
		A Season's Griot 2005 is hosted by Wilmington native Madafo Lloyd Wilson and produced by Scott Simpson.
		A student of the West African history-telling traditions of Senegal, Mali, and Guinea, Charlotte Blake Alston was taught by noted Senegalese griot, Djimo Kouyate.
		Following in the footsteps of the griot (a West African word for storyteller) Wilson shares the vibrant traditions of African and African American folklore.
	www.whqr.org /seasons_griot.html (463 words)

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