Answer choice (A) is incorrect because it does not apply to Passage B. We know that griots were members of the lowest sub caste. However, they had close relationships with their patrons and would accompany them to community gatherings.
Their music was influenced by public values, norms, and culture as opposed to feelings of alienation within a social structure. Passage A also notes that griots often enjoyed great status in their communities, suggesting that griots did not feel the same alienation as blues musicians as described in Passage A.
Answer choice (E) is correct because both types of music were characterized by a subject matter drawn from a circumscribed set of themes.
Griots Subject Matter - history of patrons' ancestors and patrons' own conduct Themes - values, norms, and culture
Blues Musicians Subject Matter - small, everyday details of individual lives Themes - disjunction caused by slavery, heartache, and hardships
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