griot
/ˈgriːəʊ/noun
- a member of a class of travelling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa西非游唱艺人（西非部分地区仍保持口头传唱历史故事传统的游吟诗人、歌手和说书人）。
词源
French， earlier guiriot, perhaps from Portuguese criado.