16 Noll 2024 · Before the spread of literacy in Africa, knowledge, culture, and history were primarily transmitted orally through designated individuals known as griots. Griots are traditional storytellers …

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7 Samh 2024 · Before literacy was widespread, these societies relied on oral histories to keep their stories alive, handing down knowledge from one generation to the next. Storytellers, known as griots …

Griots play a crucial role in preserving history and culture by passing down stories, genealogies, and important events orally. They serve as living libraries, using songs and narratives to communicate …

For centuries, the beliefs, values, and knowledge of West Africans were passed down orally from one generation to the next. In medieval times, written traditions also became important.

21 Márta 2025 · Before the written word became widespread on the continent, oral traditions flourished, passing down knowledge, customs, and wisdom from one generation to the next. At the heart of this …

13 Iúil 2024 · In many African cultures, history was not traditionally recorded in written form but was instead passed down orally from one generation to the next. Griots were the custodians of this oral …

Pass along history to teach young people morals and values, brought to the Americas by slaves, spread orally among Africans and their descendants and became a part of culture of North and South …

You can probably think of many things that were passed down orally from one generation to the next. Imagine now that your community depends on you to remember its oral traditions so they will never …

18 Aib 2025 · In ancient African kingdoms like Mali, Ghana, and Benin, historical knowledge was passed down orally through griots and elders. This kept ancestral memory alive and ensured that kings, …