The Wichita Griots Storytelling Institute has a mission to use the art of storytelling to promote literacy and encourage a lifelong love of reading to inspire and enable youth to realize their full potential.
The Griots Storytelling Institute Gallery
Griots Reading Initiative
Students receive smile kits from Delta Dental.
Griots Cultural Arts Enrichment Camp 2019
Jr. Volunteers dressed in pink enjoying lunch with enrichment camp students.
Griots Performing
At Angelou Library
Griots Partnership
with other Organizations
A learning time for children.
Griots 20 Year Celebration
at Advanced Learning Library
Watoto Dancers and Griots Board of Directors with award winners, (guest storyteller) Oba King and Prisca Barnes.
One of many storytelling presentations to children.
Tellabration Celebration 2018 at TKAAM
"An International Event to build Community Support for Storytelling"
Griots performs in voice, dance and rhythmic sound at TKAAM.
Conference and Festival
Angelou Library
The Griots providing drumming lessons to students.
Kwanzaa Celebration
Ms. Jean and Ms. Debra attend NABS 36th Conference in Cary, North Carolina.
Griots Literacy and Arts
Griots Watoto Mansaw Sisters, and
former Camp Enrichment Students.