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Senegal - Griot playing a Kora

Senegal - seated Griot playing a Kora, a 21-stringed harp lute that originated in the Gambia River valley with the Mandinko but is one of the most popular instruments in Senegal. Griots from most Mande groups in Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Guinea, and Guinea Bissau play the kora, which has featured on a number of western recordings in recent years. A Griot is a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet and/or musician. The griot is a repository of oral tradition, and is also often seen as something of a societal leader due to his traditional position as an adviser to royal personages. Date: circa 1910s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

MALI People Dogon Members of ancient Dogon society performing rooftop dance holding

MALI People Dogon Members of ancient Dogon society performing rooftop dance holding carved staffs with view over surrounding village and landscape

© Edward Parker / Eye Ubiquitous

Coat of Arms Damer Lord Milton 18th century

Engraving of the Coat of Arms of Damer, Lord Milton, item 122 of an 18th-century publication.Text on this engraving reads:122Damer, Lord MiltonTU NE CEDE MALIS (Motto: Do not give in to evil)Created Baron Milton of Shrone Hill, Tipperary, Ireland, in 1753

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174849000, 18th Century Style, Blome, Coat Of Arms, County Tipperary, Damer, Engraved Image, Family, Family Tree, Illustration And Painting, Kitty1, Latin Script, Lord Milton, Motto, Peerage Title, Print, Republic Of Ireland, Shrone Hill, Tu Ne Cede Malis