Griots are having a moment. A griot is a storyteller who preserves and passes down history in stories and poems and songs. They're part of West African culture — and part of the story that ...

It's the kingdom of Kaabu — which held power from the 1500s through the 1800s and included modern-day Guinea-Bissau and Senegal. Abulai Sane shows the area where griots used to sit and perform songs ...