Griot: A central figure in many West African cultures. Historically, the griot held many functions, including community historian, cultural critic, indigenous artist and collective spokesperson. The ...

Researchers say role of West Africa’s oral history should be taken more seriously within global academic record ...

GRIOT: A central figure in many West African cultures. Historically, the griot held many functions, including community historian, cultural critic, indigenous artist and collective spokesperson. The ...

01. Taman Kan; 02. Afrika/Afro Blues; 03. So/Fanzia; 04. Donuya; 05. Mali Denu Yo; 06. Ambita/Bakadayi; 07. Masa/Farafina; 08. Diallo; 09. D Jarabi; 10. Simbo; 11 ...

GRIOT has opened to the public at M Shed on Tuesday. The exhibition is put together by six people of colour from Bristol, ...

Griot & Grits creating innovative AI-powered repository of African American stories. "Those are the elders that lived through civil rights. They lived through voting rights. They lived through ...

Moreover, students will be introduced to how epic narrations are performed in West African settings as means to impart specific historical knowledge, including genealogies.” Wassa Kouyaté Wassa ...