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

Singer and storyteller Kaito Winse was born in a small village in the Sourou region of northern Burkina Faso. He was born into a family of griots, a keeper of oral traditions that are steeped in his ...

For centuries, the history of the West African kingdom of Kaabu, which thrived from the mid-1500s to the 1800s and spanned ...

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 ...

Long, Ph.D. More than 30 students from the Beginning Theatre Arts classes at Carver Nation and the Carver Drama Club ...

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

“As a teacher of African literature in the U.S.,” Dr. Diouf shares ... Wassa Kouyaté Wassa Kouyaté is a daring artist who embodies the very essence of Mande griot through her music. Born in Sikasso, ...

Club Passim's Folk Collective, the artist-led diversity and inclusion initiative, will present the second annual ‘We Black Folk Fest,’ a two-day celebration that honors the West African griot ...

Ironically, she ended up making her mark in a world that was even less welcoming for women: as a virtuoso of the kora, the majestic 21-string instrument that her West African griot family has ...