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.
as Sundjata Keita
as Mabo Keïta
as M. Fafana l'instituteur
as Djeliba Kouyaté
as Sitan
as Sogolon
as Sundjata Keita enfant
as Boicar
as Maghan Kon Fatta
as Le maître chasseur
as Sassouma Bérété
