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Griot Music and Storytelling
Ishbel
The preservation of oral histories
oral traditions in Africa and the impact that they have
the story of sundiata- the re telling of the mali empire through the role of the griot - the founding of the mali empire
How their storytelling methods influenced African musical structures, call-and-response patterns, and instrumental traditions
Oral traditions in other cultures and their significance
vedic culture- my own indian culture- preserving religion through oral tradition- the role of the youth and their practice/desire to learn the tradition
Mantras become like powerful spells- they can be recited to naturally cause things to happen, to purify the mind etc
Witchcraft in Medieval Europe and the role of women
Contrasting values of spiritual female figures, griottes seen as integral to the fabric of African society whereas spells which led to the demonisation of female sexuality and autonomy
Other forms of storytelling such as mural art thats central to the African diaspora
The role of female Griottes
the role of women in griot tradition is often over looked
How women in griot families shaped traditional praise singing, lullabies, and oral traditions.
Notable griottes like Fatoumata Diawara, who blend griot storytelling with modern genres.
Kaley
Griot and Hip-hop in the diaspora
Gil Scott-Heron: His poetry and music also helped lay the groundwork for modern hip-hop
The "Holy Trinity of Hip-Hop": DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, and Afrikan Bambataa
DJ Kool Herc and the
"birth of hip hop"
DJ Kool Herc shouted-out people during his performances, similar to Jamaican 'toasting'
U-Roy: a pioneer in Toasting :
Grandmaster Flash's "The Message": One of the first "conscious hio hop" songs
Conscious hip hop, socially conscious and more similar to griot tradition than what DJ Kool Herc did
KRS-One and the "golden age of hip hop"
Queen Latifah's UNITY
Public Enemy - Fight the power
Conscious hip hop falls out of style, pops back up 2010s
Kendrick Lamar, JCole
Afrikan Bambaataa: Zulu Nation, group influenced modern hip hop and preached peace
The Last Poets - Modern griot's who introduced the genre to western audiences
Positive Black Soul: Rap group from Senegal toured internationally
Noumoucounda Cissoko: Kora over beats
Prince Diabate
Senegal: Youssou N’Dour Injured at Protest
Ivory Coast and Mali: Tiken Jah Fakoly Reggae for Resistance
Short Film: Tiken Jah, the descendant of Fakoly
The 1988 Human Rights Now! Tour with Youssou N’Dour
Makhtar Fall, aka Gunman Xuman. Hip Hop Collective
Soleils: a film about Griots Reclaiming History, directed by a Griot from burkina faso
"Jama Ko" by Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba
Music and tradition as identity. The importance of strengthened children as future leaders.
The evolving state of griot tradition and the fears that it might be lost.
Hope: the vital role of children in preserving the griot tradition
Connections to colonialism, displacement and marginalization
Canadian colonialism and Indigneous storytelling through music
Pisiit: Inuit music, chant-like songs of survival, joy, resilience and healing
Pisiit and colonialism
Once-forbidden Inuit songs to be heard in Iqaluit public performance
Children and pisiit: Revitilizing our young
Pisiit and Qilaut
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Qaggiavut PISIIT COURSE: INUIT ANCIENT SONGS FROM THE MASTERS!
Contemporary spread of music and storytelling via youtube, spotify and other forms of media/art
Power of Post-Colonial Archives: Reclaiming the Voice of Griots and the History of West Africa
The Intertextuality of Black American Spoken Word and African Griot Tradition: From the Motherland to America
Da Kali: The pledge to the art of the griot
Interview with Alhaji Papa Susso
Griot inspired art forms
I Am a Griot" by Zimbabwean poet Mbizo Chirasha
Spotify Playlist: Griots of West Africa (intro to instruments, places, language)
Canadian Preserving Griot Project (Griot music and the diaspora in Canada)
The Digital Griot: traditional story telling in the digital realm
Digital Griots in the Era of Technoracial Formation
DJ: Sonic Griot
DJ: Walter Griot
From Griots to Black Preachers: Connections Between African Religion & Black Identity
History of Black American Gospel Music
Digiral Collection of Spiritual Songs and Hymns (First Black American Hymn Book
Griots Dialogical Roots of Faith (The Union Presbyterian Seminary)
Griot Influence on Call and Response Worship (In Black Fire: One Hundred Years of African American Pentecostalism)
Kara
History of griot
Sunjata Griot story
Importance of the griot, and paintings that tell a story
The evolution of african storytelling
Modern day: Griots like Sibo Bangoura
Griots in America
Griots and Blues music
Blind lemon Jefferson
Kora and its myths, Griots and the devil
Griot Initiative in America
Griot podcast
Old Griot storys like Sunjata and Sundiata
New griot stories told via podcasts and Griot initiative
Griots current place in Africa now
Griots in Brazil
Making griots in brazil, the importance of keeping traditions
Griot Painting by Pethy
Keely
Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali
Griots, Mughal Women, and the Art of Influence
Burkina Faso: Japanese composer, a Burkinabè singer, a Congolese rapper, and a group of west African griots, create an opera in Burkina Faso that explores themes of home, belonging, and exile.
Grace