West African American Beliefs

West Africans did not write down their history, so much of what we know about them comes from griots, and Arab travelers. A griot is a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet, and/or musician.They would also record families lives, and tell it with song.
West Africans have a variety of traditional religious practices. According to study.com, the Fanti tribe of Ghana, do ritual dances to communicate with the spirit of their dead ancestors. Or like the Dogon tribe, they would create mask that look like their ancestors.
Under Mansa Musa, culture and learning flourished in Naini, and other learning and trade centers such as Timbuktu. When Mansa Musa returned from his pilgrimage to Mecca, according to the textbook, he brought back