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Definition of Griots
1. griot [n] - See also: griot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Griots
Literary usage of Griots
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cassier's Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02877163] (1899)
"The " sofas " are the working people, and the " griots " are the musical ones.
... The '' griots '' play on flutes and rude harps the peculiar tunes of ..."
2. The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn by Elizabeth Bisland, Lafcadio Hearn (1906)
"For example, I would commence by treating the negro's musical patriotism — the
strange history of the griots, who furnish so singular an example of musical ..."
3. The World's Peoples: A Popular Account of Their Bodily & Mental Characters by Augustus Henry Keane (1908)
"Throughout Senegambia an important section of the community are the despised
minstrels or griots, as the French call them, a low class of musicians who ..."
4. The World's Peoples: A Popular Account of Their Bodily & Mental Characters by Augustus Henry Keane (1908)
"Throughout Senegambia an important section of the community are the despised
minstrels or griots, as the French call them, a low class of musicians who ..."
5. Afro-American Folksongs: A Study in Racial and National Music by Henry Edward Krehbiel (1914)
"The weapon which these griots use against those whom they wish to injure is
satire, and this species of poetical composition is a feature of the ..."
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