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Mali’s Musical Historians

Why Mali’s oral historians – the griot - are much more than storytellers. Joan Baxter on the role of the griot as poets, musicians and, when appropriate, praise singers.

Also on the programme, why humans have different blood groups.

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29 minutes

´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project