UFC: Griots Face Down Textbooks

Griots (noun): any of a class of musician-entertainers of western Africa whose performances include tribal histories and genealogies 
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/griots

Pros:

• more personal, can feel the emotions 
• musical
• can connect to the history more easily 

Cons:

• biased, subjective
• too emotional
• details could be left out after numerous times the story is told
• the history could be interpreted in different ways by different viewers/listeners 

Griots vs. Textbooks: I think that while the griot-based history is more enlightening on a personal, emotion level because the viewer/listener could really be able to connect with the griot, the textbook is a better option to get accurate details about the history. The textbook is more objective than subjective, so it is easy to be able to trust the source.