A griot is a storyteller who preserves and passes down history in stories and poems and songs. They’re part of West African culture but the term itself has a bit of colonialist irony in its aura ...

From the 16th to the 19th centuries, the kingdom of Kaabu dominated a swath of West Africa that included modern ... historians and musicians known as the griots. Nino Galissa lives in Guinea ...

Griots are having a moment. A griot is a storyteller who preserves and passes down history in stories and poems and songs. They're part of West African culture — and part of the story that ...

From the 16th to the 19th centuries, the kingdom of Kaabu dominated a swath of West Africa that included modern-day Guinea ... down by a group of oral historians and musicians known as the griots.