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The Griot | Stories Roots Legacy

The Griot | Stories Roots Legacy

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The Griot is a modern historical, cinematic, movie, and podcast platform inspired by the African griot, the ancient storyteller and keeper of legacy. We bring history, action, drama, fiction, documentaries, culture, and untold stories to life through powerful visual and audio storytelling. Stories. Roots. Legacy.Copyright The Griot Art True Crime World
Episodes
  • The 1968 Rodney Affair | Jamaica, 1968: The Scholar Barred from Home

    The 1968 Rodney Affair | Jamaica, 1968: The Scholar Barred from Home
    Oct 19 2026
    How did the Jamaican government’s decision to bar Walter Rodney turn an immigration order into a regional political crisis? Sources: Jamaican parliamentary debates; The Gleaner archives; Walter Rodney, The Groundings with My Brothers; University of the West Indies archival collections; British Foreign and Commonwealth Office records
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    16 mins
  • Haiti, 1986: The Fall of Duvalier | The Dictator Leaves, the Tontons Remain

    Haiti, 1986: The Fall of Duvalier | The Dictator Leaves, the Tontons Remain
    Oct 19 2026
    When Jean-Claude Duvalier fled Haiti, why did the dictatorship’s institutions, victims and armed networks survive the regime change? Sources: U.S. Department of State historical records; Haitian government proclamations and constitutional records; Inter-American Commission on Human Rights reports; Amnesty International reports; Jean-Claude Duvalier trial and extradition filings
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    16 mins
  • Barbados, 1937: The Riots That Changed the Island | Grantley Adams and the Moyne Era

    Barbados, 1937: The Riots That Changed the Island | Grantley Adams and the Moyne Era
    Oct 19 2026
    How did labour unrest across Barbados expose the limits of colonial reform and launch a new political generation? Sources: Report of the West India Royal Commission, 1938; Barbados Department of Archives; Barbados Parliament records; British Colonial Office files; Hilary Beckles, A History of Barbados
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    14 mins
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