Because there was no written record of the village history, the stories of the griots became the history and the only record of past events. Griots often kept records of Group of answer choices

births and deaths

marriages

environmental events like droughts

all of the above

i just did this

I think all of the above

An informal structure in a bureaucracy would be something like so-called "office politics". where there's a formal structure set up for the organization, but then an informal subculture as well that has a way of organizing the bureaucracy further. this can be positive because it sets up an added degree of organization, albeit informal, within the bureaucracy.