Modern Day Griots with Gia’na Garel
32:27
Grades: 6 - 12

Video Description: Explore the power of current and next generation griots chronicling our time in a wide variety of fields–hip hop, spoken word, and poetry–with Gia’na Garel, podcast host, filmmaker, musician, and storyteller. 

Type of Video: Interview*
Unique Video ID: Culture-72**

Quick Ideas for Using the Video:

  • Provide the video to students who are engaging in an independent project related to cultural aspects of storytelling, the traditions of griots, diversity in storytelling techniques or similar topics.

 

*Interviews feature extended conversation exploring fascinating topics with fascinating people in the area of study.

**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.

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