Man is master of the word he keeps inside his stomach but he becomes slave of the word that escapes his lips. (African proverb)
The mouth is the sward[sic] that cuts the stomach of a man
The blade of the knife can be pointy but it will never be able to cut it's own handle
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The history of the griots not be perfectly accurate because some facts became distorted
griots
Griots is the term for African storytellers. Most of the African tradition are still hand down in an oral traditions. The position of griots would be one of great respect.
Innercity Griots was created on 1993-04-28.
Griots are important because it represented west African culture and society
Poems
Look at the related links for some humorous proverbs.
The Griots passed on history of West Africa by telling stories
griots were important in african society because they were african messengers.
Griots were the teachers in Africa's villages.
That some kushite women served as religious and political leader.
Griots