SOURCE: Johnson, John William. “The Bard (Griot).” In Son-Jara: The Mande Epic, pp. 22-9. 3rd edition. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2003.
In the following excerpt from his study and translation of the Sunjata, Johnson focuses on the role and training of the storyteller.
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