Who were the famous traveling storytellers of African culture?

Griot.

Explanation:

The griot, or African storyteller, was and is today, the main conveyer of the collective wisdom of the tribal peoples of Africa. Stories are presented in a stylistic way and are associated with great enjoyment. Even today among the rural Wolof of Senegal people gather in village squares to hang on each word the griot says. In fact, the Wolof are Muslims, about two million of whom live in Senegal. Large percentages are non-literate and the griot reinforces cultural norms of their adopted Islamic religion. There are many intruding influences on the cultural status quo of human beings. Culture is not static, rather transitional. Historically, this cultural status quo was influenced by increased interaction between villages, development workers desiring to drill wells to bring clean water to the villagers and by medical workers with improved health care and reduced infant mortality. In many ways, these so-called ‘backward’ cultures were wrenched into the 20th century. Culture was ignored. Infrastructure improvements were abandoned because they were ‘extra cultural’ and not desired by the villagers. Innovations which took the west hundreds of years to adopt are pushed onto less developed peoples and if they do not adopt these innovations, they are called laggards by the diffusion researchers.

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