Griot Methods of Recording History

I feel that the methods the Griots used to pass down history were much more interesting than the methods that we use today. For instance, I would much rather learn history through listening to songs and stories than reading out of a textbook. However, there can be faults in the Griots' ways. The cons of keeping a verbal record of history is that it is more likely to change over time than a recorded history is. For example if one man embellishes on a story a little bit and then each person he told embelishes a little more and the chain keeps going in this direction, the story can end up as completely different from reality. The songs or stories can also begin as less than true if the tellers want to keep the glory of the people involved in a story. For instance if your best friend dies in a battle odds are you are going to make a story favor him rather than tell exactly what happened. However the pros of these methods is that I feel like more people would be interested in their own history and they would always want to search for more knowledge. I feel that the overstating can even serve as a pro in this manner because it could attract more interest to a story or song that is still mostly accurate. The Griots definitely chose an interesting way to pass down their history, but it might not be the most acurate way to do this.