Griots und Griottes: Meister der Worte und der Musik

Author/Contributor(s):	Hale, Thomas A
Publisher:	Indiana University Press
Date:	07/31/2007
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Griots, a uniquely African profession, fulfill a variety of roles as genealogists, historians, spokespersons, diplomats, musicians, teachers, praise singers, and advisors. Telling the story of these remarkable wordsmiths and performers, Thomas A. Hale addresses the nature of their verbal and musical art, the role of female griots, or griottes, how griots and griottes fit into their societies, and what their future might be in Africa and the rest of the world.