Have you ever wonder what storytellers were called in Africa? They were called "griot," griot were very important because they would tell stories that would entrain people and would have lessons or the history of someone/ something. For example, they would tell about the greatest kings in history and why they were considered one of the greatest. Each griot had a very important job and it was to do one of the three main functions: storyteller, historian, and musician. Storyteller had the most important job of all. His job was to please the people in towns or villages and to teach the kids about great and bad things in life by telling stories that shows what happens when a person do something good and bad or about an event that happened in history.
