The Gambia has a population of over 1.3 million people belonging to eight ethnic groups as well as fairly large communities from neighbouring West African countries.
Gambia’s main indigenous groups have a highly stratified society wherein status is determined by birth. At the top of the social heap are traditional noble and warrior families, followed by the farmers,traders and persons of caste - blacksmiths, leather workers, wood workers, weavers and griots (GREE-oh). Griots are lowest of the castes but are highly respected, as they are in charge of passing on the oral traditions and are usually the only ones who can recite the family or village history.
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