Definition of "griots" [griots]

• Plural form of griot. (noun)

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• ""This is not the first time that a Twitter tag has been used to mobilize young people around a particular event; the most famous previous case has been that of 'griots' - the tag used to report on the youth riots in Greece, which later spread to Europe, arguably also with the help of Twitter.""
• "One of the griots was the magisterial Coleman Hawkins, who invented the jazz tenor saxophone, and whose signature sound was so huge he didn't need a microphone in a club."
• "Traditional storytellers known as griots entertained the throng gathered around a dusty field."