Singer and storyteller Kaito Winse was born in a small village in the Sourou region of northern Burkina Faso. He was born into a family of griots, a keeper of oral traditions that are steeped in his ...

"Moulin Rouge" at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, Kylie Minogue in concert, a new Frida Kahlo exhibit at the Art Institute, and ...

On this month’s “Liberation,” the fedora-wearing blues-rocker from Oregon discusses motherhood, dips into the rockabilly catalogs of Elvis Presley and the Jesters, dusts off blues chestnuts by Robert ...

GRIOT has opened to the public at M Shed on Tuesday. The exhibition is put together by six people of colour from Bristol, ...

Africa's vast continent cradles a tapestry of traditions, vibrant histories and awe-inspiring landscapes where romance manifests in countless forms. From ...

The journey of the professional Black voiceover artist is one not often explored—this series will provide a window into what ...

Like a contemporary griot, Kaito Winse weaves realities together, from his native village in Burkina Faso to his life in ...

Known as “the blind couple from Mali," the duo of Amadou Bagayoko, who lost his vision at age 16, and Mariam Doumbia, who ...

Amadou Ndiaye meticulously ran his fingers across bumps in a piece of paper, making sense of the world he can no longer see.

GRIOT, which promises to be a "thought-provoking intervention", is named after the West African storytellers who preserve oral traditions ...

WMI and Kings Theatre welcome Senegal's legendary Youssou NDOUR back to NYC, to celebrate the April 4th release of his new ...

For centuries, the history of the West African kingdom of Kaabu, which thrived from the mid-1500s to the 1800s and spanned ...