Film
Keita! The Voice of the Griot
BF · France- Director
- Dani Kouyaté
- Year
- 1996
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.
Top 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
Directed by
Dani Kouyaté
Written by
Dani Kouyaté
Produced by
S. Pierre Yameogo
