Learn History Like the Griots?

I would really love to learn history verbally as the griots did in Africa. Not only were the lessons factual and informative, but they gave the lesson in a story form. I personally love when history is taught like this because it gives some else's perspective of the history. And although reading does help, I believe that listening to someone else giving their recollection of a certain time period is much more informative  than just reading facts out of a textbook.