Africa is no longer chained to the West without recourse. China’s ascendency, Russia’s resurgence and the mounting global ...

Griots are valued storytellers tasked with maintaining a tradition of oral history, most prominent in parts of West Africa.

Docents referred to as griots – a West African term for storyteller – are sharing the knowledge from both locations to provide a greater context to help visitors really understand the exhibits.

It’s a podcast studio, co-working and performance space, a hub of West African history, and a thriving Black-owned cultural mainstay in Jersey City’s changing landscape. When five family ...