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.
Seydou Boro
as Sundjata Keita
Hamed Dicko
as Mabo Keïta
Abdoulaye Komboudri
as M. Fafana l'instituteur
Sotigui Kouyaté
as Djeliba Kouyaté
Claire Sanon
as Sitan
Blandine Yaméogo
as Sogolon
Seydou Rouamba
as Sundjata Keita enfant
Mamadou Sarr
as Boicar
Souleymane Koulibali
as Maghan Kon Fatta
Adama Kouyaté
as Le maître chasseur
Awa Sow
as Sassouma Bérété
