Keita! The Voice of the Griot

Plot

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.

Cast

Seydou Boro

Sundjata Keita

Hamed Dicko

Mabo Keïta

Abdoulaye Komboudri

M. Fafana l'instituteur

Sotigui Kouyaté

Djeliba Kouyaté

Claire Sanon

Sitan

Blandine Yaméogo

Sogolon

Seydou Rouamba

Sundjata Keita enfant

Mamadou Sarr

Boicar

Souleymane Koulibali

Maghan Kon Fatta

Adama Kouyaté

Le maître chasseur

Awa Sow

Sassouma Bérété