Telling Of Tales
Professional storytellers and oral historians.
What is a Griot?
A proverb is..
What are words of wisdom?
Babies fell asleep to this.
What is a mother's singing?
West Africans slaves brought this to the US.
What are traditions?
Griots' main job
What is the passing on of their history?
Proverbs do..
What is transmit wisdom?
West African Instruments
This religion is a major influence in West Africa.
What is Islam?
Arab Traders brought this to West Africa.
What is written language?
A proverb deals with..
What are all aspects of life?
Two beats playing at the same time.
What is polyrhythmic?
Art was used in everyday life for this reason.
What is expressing their beliefs.
The wise spider's name.
Who is Anansi?
When proverbs began being written down.
What is recently?
Important part of West African life.
What is dance?
Why emperors had artisans design wealthy works of art.
What is to show off wealth and power?
Arab Traveler who wrote about Griots.
Who is Ibn Battuta?
Example of a proverb
What is "I
What Gods and ancestors in plays wore.
What are masks?
All the names of the Empires that do not exist anymore.
What are Mali, Ghana, and Songhai?