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Keita! The Voice of the Griot
It is an ordinary afternoon for young Mabo Keïta, at home, in Burkina Faso (West Africa). While his parents are taking a ....
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We Are Griots
Daouda is a father from Senegal living in France. Malik, his son, wants to marry Mariama. A meeting beetween the families ....
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Sotigui Kouyaté, a modern griot
Through testimonies by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carriere, Jean-Pierre Guigane, and Sotigui Kouyate himself, SOTIGUI KOUYAT....
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Griot's Lament
A series of precipitous events force the ensemble cast into a fateful intersection with justice and violence. Griot and th....
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A Griot's Story
What is a griot? Historically, they are wandering African musicians considered to be a repository of the oral tradition. T....
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Le griot de Daporé
An ordinary day in an African village like any other. Until a song resounds. It reminds the Griot, an old tailor, of an ol....
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Horace Tapscott: Musical Griot
Barbara McCullough‘s newest film, Horace Tapscott: Musical Griot, is a profound meditation on the importance of the blac....
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Badye, the Storyteller
A Nigerian traditionalist who draws his inspiration from bird warbling to compose music to accompany his verse chronicles.....
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