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Used to young people morals and values.

These stories tell of a clever animal or human who outsmarts others.

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group 1 jordan A griot  is a verbal artist of the Mande people Griots are poet-musicians who tell stories

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group 1 jordan A griot  is a verbal artist of the Mande people Griots are poet-musicians who tell stories

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[transmitted: to pass something on to someone else]

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It communicates ideas, values, and feelings. It celebrates historic events and important occasions in people's lives. 

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It communicates ideas, values, and feelings. It celebrates historic events and important occasions in people's lives. 

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West Africa's oral tradition includes hundreds of old stories called folktales.

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It communicates ideas, values, and feelings. It celebrates historic events and important occasions in people's lives.

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A griot (GREE-oh) is a verbal artist of the Mande people.  griots tell stories the entertain people

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Long before the Mande had written histories griots preserved the memory of the past.

Some of the most famous artists in West African popular music are griots.

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West Africans used folktales to pass along their history and to teach to the younger about all the storys and history

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West African oral tradition includes proverbs, or popular sayings. Proverbs are found in all cultures.

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Proverbs are found in all cultures.

when Islam spread to West Africa,written tradition became more important.

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folktales  teach young ones morels and value

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It communicates ideas, values, and feelings. It celebrates historic events and important occasions in people's lives.

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Folktales West Africans used folktales to pass along their history and to teach young people morals and values.

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Many traditional folktales were brought to the Americas by West Africans who were sold into slavery beginning in the 1500s.

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Griots are poet musicians who tell stories, sing songs of praise and recite poems. folktale  are popular in many cultures.

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Folktales were used to teach morals passed from old to young

Slaves brought these stories to America.

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-Griots preform music, dance, and drama

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The folktales became part of the culture of North and South America and the West Indies.

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1. Slaves Brought many traditional folktales to america.

2.West Africa's oral tradition includes hundreds of old stories called folktales.

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The folktales were brought orally by their enslaved Africans. The "trickster tale" spread to lots of cultures. a writer named Joel Chandler Harris retold a bunch of folktales. They are now woven into our American culture

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One proverb shows how Africans valued their stories.

After Islam spread to West Africa, written tradition became more important.

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Give advice

Turned ancient oral traditions into novels

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Proverbs:
a) proverbs are ways to tell oral traditions, one is " Every time an old man dies,  it is as if a library has burnt down."

Written Traditions:
a) after islam spread to west africa, written records became more important. today, written records are the source of  history, legends, and culture.

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West Africa does hundreds of old stories called folktales.
Folktales were brought to America from West Africa.

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Proverbs: deal about the wisdom and values of West Africans
Written Tradition:  key source of information about West African history, legends, and culture.