The City-State of Jegu
The city-state of Jegu is one of the 6 city-states of the Eloko (country) of KURUFUGA. It is the city where Imana was born,…
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The origin of the Ultimes Griots logo
The Ultimes Griots logo is inspired by the Adinkra symbol Nkonsonkonson (Kon-Son-Kon-Son, a bit hard to pronounce, I imagine 😅). The symbols…
Fiest’Art Oct 2019: the birth of the WAKAFU order
Saturday, October 19, 2019 turned out, against our expectations, to be a very important date for the Ultimes Griots team. All the more so as the…
Nianankulu – on the trail of Sumanguru Kante
Sumanguru Kante, king of the Sosso kingdom, was surely one of the finest warrior kings the world has ever known. Legend has it that during his…
Ultimes Griots in Mali
We tell you about our visit to Mali 🇲🇱 — the sites we explored and the people we met. The purpose of this trip was…
The Buanya – the leaf shoes of KAMA
The Buanya (pronounced Boua-Nia) are the leaf shoes shared by the peoples of Kama. Buanya is a contraction of the words in Baoulé [an AKAN language spoken…
The education system of KAMA (1)
Today we will talk about the education system of KAMA in the Ultimes Griots universe. In chapter 1, we see Imana talk about the “evenings…
The Yadi-Feli: the suspended bed
In chapter 5, we saw Imana lying on a suspended bed at the home of the healer Kaboré. The name of this technological marvel…
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