Keita! The Voice of the Griot

Name: Keita! The Voice of the Griot
Genre: Fantasy, Drama
Released: 1996-04-12
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 6.556
Cast: Seydou Boro, Hamed Dicko, Abdoulaye Komboudri, Sotigui Kouyaté, Claire Sanon

Keïta! L'héritage du griot

6.6 (9)1996-04-121h 34m

FantasyDrama

Overview

It is an ordinary afternoon for young Mabo Keïta, at home, in Burkina Faso (West Africa). While his parents are taking a nap, he reads a schoolbook on the front porch when a stranger - an elderly man carrying his own hammock - appears for an unexpected visit. It turns out that the old man is a griot, a West African musician/entertainer whose performances include tribal histories and genealogies. The position of a griot is a time-honored one and passed down from father to son for many generations.