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griot [ gree-oh, gree-oh, gree-ot ] noun a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc. Origin < French, earlier guiriot, perhaps ultimately < Portuguese criado domestic servant, altered in W African coastal creoles Dictionary.com Unabridged,ContinueContinue reading “Why Genealogy Griot?”