What did the griots do?

It's a muscian, storyteller, and advisor to the king.

I don't think you're going to be able to find a formal date for the establishment of griots in communities. Griots, whether or not they were formally identified by that title, have been around for as...

The "Griot" is the Rememberer - a living encyclopedia of genealogies, history and land claims. Griots served like the Courthouse records in America - explaining who was related to whom, and exactly...

Griots are important because they kept passing the history from generation to generation.

they are the story tellers of Africa. they provide people with rick history and entertainment.