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 ...

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 ...

Griots are valued storytellers tasked with maintaining a tradition of oral history, most prominent in parts of West Africa.

Enslaved griots were the originators of the tales of Bre’r Rabbit, sharing adapted West African fables after long days working. "This is Black history," says one historian.

The tours are part of a continuing partnership between the Public Museum and America's Black Holocaust Museum.

You can explore Black history in an intimate guided tour, part of a collaboration with America’s Black Holocaust Museum and ...

soul and music of the West African griot tradition. 2018 saw his Proms debut in a special late-night appearance, joined by his group Le Super Étoile de Dakar. Read on to discover 5 things about ...

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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 ...

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 ...

The public museum also decided to invite the Black Holocaust Museum's griots — the name given to oral historians in West Africa — to lead the tours. "We wrote a script based on what's at MPM ...

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 ...