How is rafiki in the lion king a griot? ?

Well, in the Lion King there setting is probably Africa, which is where most Rafiki originate from. Rafiki also tells various stories in the movie which describe a past event or etc. 

Because he is a storyteller who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa.

Gouges, because, like there named, they gage the amount of space an object has to move around.hope this : )