What was the main job of the griot?
Griot

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Jalyn Gilbert
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Protecting the village
Storytelling
Fishing for food
Working with iron
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did the griots help to teach the children of the village?
Showing them how to farm
Instructing them on ways to fight off the enemy
Through messages on how to behave in their stories
Teaching them how to read and write
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which instrument used by griots was a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone?
Balafon
Kora
Ngoni
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Besides musician and storyteller, what other job did the griot have for the village?
Historian
Chief
Historian
Leaders of the Warriors
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which instrument used by griots was similar to a harp and was made from a vegetable called a calabash?
Balafon
Kora
Ngoni
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
True or False: There are still some people working as griots in Africa today.
True
False
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What important event was it important for the griot to remember?
Births and Marriages
Wars
Droughts
All of the Above
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