Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Agents Facet
3. People (hierarchy name)
4. people (agents)
5. [people by occupation]
6. [people in the humanities]
7. [people in the arts and related occupations]
8. [people in the arts]
9. [people in the performing arts]
10. performing artists
11. griots

Additional parents:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Agents Facet
3. People
4. people
5. people by occupation
6. people in the social sciences and related occupations
7. social scientists
8. people in history and related occupations
9. people in history-related occupations
10. genealogists

Anotations

Scope note:

Women who narrate, chant, or sing histories, especially genealogies, of individuals, families, and communities, often accompanying this with instrumental music, acting, and mime. Originally used with reference to West Africans, now applied to such people in other cultures and geographic areas.