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    Slaves and servants would either be excited at the opportunity to become a griot and move up the social class or feel enraged if they were prohibited from trying out due to their low social status. Merchants and artisans would likely be excited and practice their musical skills to improve their chances of being selected as the new griot. Typically, griot roles are passed down from parent to child, so the existing griot would mentor the new griot since he has no children of his own to pass the role to. The village nobility and royalty would sponsor the griot selection event and help choose the new griot, taking pride in this important role for the village and its history.

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    Slaves and servants would either be excited at the opportunity to become a griot and move up the social class or feel enraged if they were prohibited from trying out due to their low social status. Merchants and artisans would likely be excited and practice their musical skills to improve their chances of being selected as the new griot. Typically, griot roles are passed down from parent to child, so the existing griot would mentor the new griot since he has no children of his own to pass the role to. The village nobility and royalty would sponsor the griot selection event and help choose the new griot, taking pride in this important role for the village and its history.

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    Slaves and servants would either be excited at the opportunity to become a griot and move up the social class or feel enraged if they were prohibited from trying out due to their low social status. Merchants and artisans would likely be excited and practice their musical skills to improve their chances of being selected as the new griot. Typically, griot roles are passed down from parent to child, so the existing griot would mentor the new griot since he has no children of his own to pass the role to. The village nobility and royalty would sponsor the griot selection event and help choose the new griot, taking pride in this important role for the village and its history.

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    MariaReveche

    December14,2014
    Hons91A/2A
    Perspectivepaper

    SocialClassesSlaves,Merchants,Artisans,Griots,Nobility,andRoyalty

    Slaves/Servant
    Slaveswouldhavetobefreedbeforebeingabletoparticipate,considering
    thatbecomingthevillagegriotwouldmovethemoutoftheirlowcastetooneclosetoor
    sometimesconsiderednobility.Insomevillages,youwouldntevenbeabletotryoutifyouwere
    apartofthislowofaclass,whetheryouwerefreedornot.Thiswouldmeanthattheattitudesof
    theslavesandservantswoulddependonthevillagetheylivedin.Iftheylivedinavillagewhere
    peopleinlowcastescouldnotparticipate,theymayfeelenragedandprotest.

    MerchantsandArtisans
    Merchantswouldmostlikelybeexcited.Theywouldpracticetheir
    musicalskills(iftheypossessedthem)forabetterchancetobechosen.IfanyArtisandecides
    thattheywouldratherbetheGriotthancarvethemasksandinstrumentsforthem,thenthey
    maytryout.

    Griots
    Typically,theexistingGriotwouldpasstheroleontohisorhersonordaughter,and
    thefamilywouldteachthemthestoriesandhowtoplaythekoraandotherinstruments.Since
    thisvillagesGriothasnochildren,hewillmentorthenewGriot.

    NobilityandRoyalty
    ThenoblesandroyalfamilywouldsponsortheeventandhelptheGriot
    inchoosinganewone.Theywouldtakeprideindoingso,becausetheGriotisoneofthemost
    importantroles(thevillagehistorianandstoryteller)tohaveinavillageandisoftenconsidered
    partofthenobleclass.ChoosingtheGriotwouldbeagreathonor.

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