Griot
A griot (/ˈɡriːoʊ/; French: [ɡʁi.o]; Manding: jali ma ọ bụ jeli (na N'Ko: ː, djeli ma ọ dị ka djéli na mkpụrụ okwu French); Serer: kevel ma ọ bụ kewel / okawul; Wolof: Huakul) bụ onye ọkọ akụkọ ihe mere eme nke West Africa, onye na-akọ akụkọ, onye na'akụkọ, onye na na-agụ egwu, onye na - onye na-ede uri, ma ọ bụ onye na-eti egwu. Griot bụ ebe nchekwa nke ọdịnala a na-ekwu okwu ma na-ahụkarị ya dị ka onye ndu n'ihi ọnọdụ ha dị ka onye ndụmọdụ nye ndị eze. N'ihi nke mbụ n'ime ọrụ abụọ a, a na-akpọ ha bards mgbe ụfọdụ.

Ọrụ griots 
Ndị Griot taa bi n'ọtụtụ akụkụ West Africa ma nọ n'etiti ndị Mande (Mandinka ma ọ bụ Malinké, Bambara, wdg), Fulɓe (Fula), Hausa, Songhai, Tukulóor, Wolof, Serer, Mossi, Dagomba, ndị Arab Mauritania mkpa], na ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ dị nta otu. Okwu a nwere ike nweta site na ntụgharị asụsụ French "guiriot" nke okwu Portuguese "criado", ma ọ bụ otu okwu nwoke maka "ohu." Griots kacha na mpaghara ugwu nke West Africa.