The name of the initiative has deep cultural significance. In West African traditions, a griot is a tribal elder responsible for preserving and recounting the oral history of the village.

an 11-year-old boy and son of an African tribal leader who was kidnapped in 1755 from his home in what is now Nigeria. He was one of the 10 to 12 million Africans who were sold into slavery from ...

QUETTA / DERA MURAD JAMALI: An elder of Kakozai tribe was killed in an armed clash along with another man in Qila Abdullah area, on Saturday evening. Levies officials said automatic weapons were ...

They added that the tribal elder, Hafiz Allahdad, was intercepted by armed men, who had blocked traffic on the highway on the outskirts of Duki and was taken away along with his car. Soon after ...