AP African American Studies / Unit 1: Origins of the African Diaspora
1.6 Learning Traditions
Notes
West Africa had strong learning traditions: Timbuktu's scholars and manuscripts, Sankore mosque-university, and griots who preserved history orally (the Epic of Sundiata).
Practice
Griots are:
Keepers of memory.
Timbuktu was famous for:
Center of learning.
The Epic of Sundiata tells the story of:
Oral tradition.
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