The legendary west African kingdom of Kaabu has long been memorialized in the songs and stories of griots. That's inspired ...

one of 22 siblings rests and where a great affinity for the storytelling style of the griot is still prevalent to this day. For the love of the story“One of the things I used to do a lot ...

The story goes that once the king saw the enemy ... passed down by a group of oral historians and musicians known as the griots. Nino Galissa lives in Guinea-Bissau and is a descendant of the ...

Stories of the kingdom of Kaabu's reign have been told for generations through a kind of traditional song. Now, an archaeological dig has confirming the histories told and retold by griots.