West African Oral Traditions
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Oral Tradition
Griot
Folktale
Trickster tale
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Proverbs
Folktales
Trickster tales
Music a griot plays
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What is a proverb?
A proverb is a popular saying to express ideas of advice. These proverbs conveys discovery of ideas, truth, wisdom, and life lessons. Coming from enslaved Africans to America, proverbs are everywhere.