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True African History 🛖 | “Griots Tell No Lies” | Best Seller on Amazon Kindle 🏆 | OUT NOW 🚨|Available worldwide on Amazon | #GTNL

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Griotsheavensearth

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A HUGE thank you to all of you who have been following, liking and reposting our content! ❤️🖤💚 We are edging closer to something very exciting! An ANIMATED adaptation of Griots Tell No Lies! OUT in OCTOBER 2024 📅 Watch it FREE on YOUTUBE 🎥

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Griots Tell No Lies

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Sundiata Keita’s very own griot! It is my dream to make the whole world know of him and many others from our rich history

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Captain #Mali 🇲🇱⚔️

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Do you know Balla Fasseké???

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Niani, the imperial capital of Sundiata Keita and Mansa Musa #GriotsTellNoLies

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Some random images Midjourney produced when I entered quotes from my book (Griots Tell No Lies)

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A simple traditional hunter is walking around with a few daggers, gourd strapped to his back, leather pouch covered in geometric design, a quiver of poisoned arrows and an amulet with inscriptions warding off evil.

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This is the history that inspired one of my favourite characters from the book, Lokre. Raogo’s herald and translator. A key part of a very emotionally charged plot line

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An originally Manding subgroup who assimilated into Mossi society "the Yarse", descendants of Muslim merchants who migrated to the area during the 17th century where they set up trade. They intermarried with the Mossi, adopted the culture/language but not the Mossi religion.

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Do you know about Sagmandia? One of Mansa Musa’s greatest generals. He plays a very important role in my book Griots Tell No Lies

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Most people don’t know the word Sofa has its origin in the Mali Empire’s military. In the beginning, only free men were allowed to fight in the army, and enslaved people (Sofa) only served a supporting logistical role. But as the empire grew in the 14th century… A THREAD 🪡🧵

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Sosso Kandè Bangoura🇬🇳😏🦁

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Un chef Sofas et toute sa bande.

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Thank you very much for the shoutout!! It is our dream to bring the rich history of West Africa to all of us who are tired of the same slavery films and stories. We are currently ranked as Best Seller on Amazon Kindle for Black & African American Historical Fiction 🍾🎉 #GTNL

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The Mossi were amongst the most impressive horse riders in the West African Savannah and there's not much content about them. “Griots Tells No Lies" is a fantastic book by @jbfourone highlighting Mossi culture and history via a historical fiction

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With the release of House of the Dragon season 2, we asked AI to show us what the characters of Griots Tell No Lies would look like in a TV/Film adaptation, and the results are rather interesting 👀 A THREAD 🧵

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I am considering creating a graphic novel or animated series version of my book Griots Tell No Lies, so I am really looking for an illustrator and/or animator who would like to join this project. Paid opportunity of course. Any recommendations please tag 🙏🏿

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Your support has been humbling🥹 Within the first couple days we entered some of the top 100 Best Seller lists on Amazon. Thank you so much! We want to bring this beautiful piece of African History to everyone, no more slavery films! #GTNL

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5 months

Contrary to popular anti black rhetoric and historic revisionism, the Mali Empire did not participate directly in the gold producing or slavery industries. Rather, their revenue came from the taxes and tariffs they applied to the merchants travelling via their trade routes.

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Mansa Musa is recorded in the Tarikh al Sudan for buying slaves just to set them free, amongst other acts of generosity he was renowned for. Why would a reputed slave trader buy more slaves just to free them?

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Happy October and #BlackHistoryMonth ❤️🖤💚 here in the UK The first episode of the #GriotsTellNoLies YouTube series is out this month! SUBSCRIBE to our YT Channel so you don’t miss it!

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Honest review #GriotsTellNoLies

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Griots, Heavens and Earth

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The beautiful Sona Diabaté from #GriotsTellNoLies

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Thank you 🖤🖤 it took a lot of research, analysing already existing maps, cross referencing, editing…

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@griotsheavens These maps are beautiful

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Why are they obsessed with these kind of stuff? We want real African characters in African stories in Africa instead

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Warner Bros is developing a project on Yasuke — the first Black samurai ⚔️ Blitz Bazawule will direct

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Hopefully you can be the one to help me get some rts so @netflix finally hears me out 😅🤷🏿‍♂️

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Need a word class series with this settings.

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If you are wondering where these all come from… it’s my book! Available on Amazon We are all patiently waiting for it to be adapted to Film or TV Griots Tell No Lies (Griots, Heavens and Earth Trilogy)

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Griots Tell No Lies

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I would also add:

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I would strongly recommend Cheikh Anta Diop and Robin Walker for purely academic literature, and my book, Griots Tell No Lies if you prefer a more entertaining and dramatised read

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Would have loved to be part of this workshop to share some nuggets about Mansa Musa’s empire… I learned so much about it whilst researching for my book

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BlackHistoryStudies

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Teach your children about MANSA MUSA & THE MALI EMPIRE on our Sankofa Saturday ‘Ancient African Kingdoms: From Pharaohs to Empires’ online workshop on Saturday 18 May 2024 at 12:00 GMT. BOOK TODAY! For more information, go

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I can’t wait for Griots Tell No Lies to be adapted… imagine all this beautiful imagery with this epic story 🙏🏿

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Burkina Faso's natural aesthetic is underappreciated

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John Boyega as Arzouma A character that experiences many perils and challenges. John would be the best at portraying this emotional character arc

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END OF THE THREAD 🪡🧵 If you would like to know more about West African history you should buy my book… Griots Tell No Lies A historical epic, an African Odyssey where Mossi horsemen clash with Mansa Musa’s Mali Empire! Available on Amazon

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One can only dream 💭🙏🏿

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The animation in The Prince of Egypt >>>

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Idris Elba as Toumani Diabaté @idriselba A role that would require all the experience, strength and power that only he can bring!

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The Epic of Sundiata or Samory Toure handing the French their asses back to them or Griots Tell No Lies 👀 African characters ✅ African stories ✅ In Africa ✅

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Heather Agyepong as Guessrima @heatha_a Sophisticated and charismatic. Another potential show stealer. Every bit of acting I’ve watched from Heather screams Guessrima to me

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Tosin Cole as Sidiki Diabaté @TosinCole Sidiki is a very layered and nuanced character. One of my personal favourites. Tosin is could do it like nobody else can!

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@Al_Sanghanawi You do understand that it is an AI generated image for some fun right? It is not historically accurate commissioned art. PS the book these images are inspired by (Griots Tell No Lies) is centred around the Mossi, you should read it 😊

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It was a very challenging but pleasant experience to try to encapsulate the might and complexity of the Mali Empire within my story. I hope one day people will read my book and critique it for what it is, I want to know if I did a good job 😅

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Political organisation and Economy of the Mali Empire: The Mali empire is well known and often associated for its gold and wealth obtained by its rulers but how did the empire function. How was trade conducted and these minerals obtained. A delve -

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Jayme Lawson as Sona Black, Beautiful, talented. Jayme has shown she has the range and depth to offer the most gracious depiction of this key character

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Eric Kofi Abrefa as Rabaki @EKAbrefa Just look at him. He is perfect. Rabaki would be one of the audience’s favourites. Eric is the man for the job!

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… Sofa began to be used in fighting as deadly infantry units of highly skilled archers trained and equipped by the state. Their effectiveness and reliability caused them to progressively become the main bulk of the imperial army. With the passing of time… (2/3)

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I tried my best brother, I hope you like it 👍🏿

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Njaajaan Al Jolofi 🇸🇳

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@griotsheavens Beautiful. Can you generate XIXth century cavalry charge (in Sahelian style) ?

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We have sold copies of the book everyday since it was published! From the bottom of my heart 🖤 thank you #GTNL

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Griotsheavensearth

7 months

Your support has been humbling🥹 Within the first couple days we entered some of the top 100 Best Seller lists on Amazon. Thank you so much! We want to bring this beautiful piece of African History to everyone, no more slavery films! #GTNL

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As a UK Black Author myself I’d say, we can change this narrative. I self-published in April on Amazon, independently. I made it into Amazon’s Top 100 lists and I have been getting sales almost everyday since! There are loads of people out there open to read from Black Authors,

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@thebookseller

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Despite the industry’s efforts to embrace diversity and inclusion, sales figures for Black authors remain underwhelming according to the latest data from Nielsen 👇

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6 months

“We are the vessels of speech… the memory of mankind”

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Mali, Griot woman posing with kora instrument

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… by the rise of Samory Toure in the 19th century, these warriors no longer fought with bow and arrow, but had adopted firearms. The term Sofa became synonymous with soldier amongst those societies with cultural, political and ethnic Mandinka heritage (3/3)

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Griotsheavensearth

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You have just inspired a new character in my next books with this picture

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I would strongly recommend Cheikh Anta Diop and Robin Walker for purely academic literature, and my book, Griots Tell No Lies if you prefer a more entertaining and dramatised read

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Malachi Kirby as Prince Kassa Isn’t it obvious? He NEEDS to return as a Mandinka man. Prince Kassa is Malachi and Malachi is Prince Kassa

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Thinking of it @TosinCole could do a perfect Raogo

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Griotsheavensearth

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I came across a YouTube video presenting an “African Scholar” who claims to expose and heavily criticise the history of Islam in West Africa. I couldn’t help but to expose (ironically) how the whole video was a load of intellectually dishonest garbage. Your thoughts? 💭

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FOLLOW & SUBSCRIBE!! and RING the notifications BELL 🔔 to be alerted of when we release episode 1!

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Welcome to my channel! I'm Jalil Bela, an African history enthusiast and the author of Griots Tell No Lies, the first book in my trilogy Griots, Heavens, Earth. This channel is dedicated to exploring...

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@TosinCole Lakeith Stanfield as Noaga As soon as you notice the internal conflicts this character faces, it becomes obvious that this is a perfect fit for Lakeith

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There is an announcement I want to make and my fingers are itching to post it!

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@TosinCole Damson Idris as Raogo Raogo’s journey. The pressure of responsibility, the temptation of power… trust me, Damson Idris is the man for it!

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@TheUltrahBurnah Also bear in mind that the trans Saharan slave trade predates Arabs themselves. It was first dominated by Romans and Carthage. These entities were still being supplied with enslaved people by African states which practiced indigenous beliefs since antiquity.

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@TheUltrahBurnah Sakura was an African. Yes he became Mansa but the translation of how he was a slave is not entirely clear. Nonetheless, the Mamluks literally went from slave soldiers to rulers of Egypt? I am far from an Arab apologist. I’m just pointing out the clear intellectual dissonance

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@WonderingGriot This is why I wrote my book… I’m trying to 😂

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What sort of horrors has this poor man been forced to witness? #GTNL

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@Freetownmkteer Midjourney is!

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This image reminds me of Rialé, the elephant hunter who married the warrior princess Yennenga. Their son Ouedraogo would be the founder of the Mossi Kingdoms which still exist today in Burkina Faso!

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If you are watching #Supacell on Netflix now you would understand why I went for this casting choice…

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Tosin Cole as Sidiki Diabaté @TosinCole Sidiki is a very layered and nuanced character. One of my personal favourites. Tosin is could do it like nobody else can!

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There is an announcement I want to make and my fingers are itching to post it!

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@Al_Sanghanawi Ohh fair enough, I appreciate that brother. Please educate me though, you said Mossis didn’t use saddles? How true is that? When I did my research I didn’t find this to be the case

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Get your copy on Amazon! Griots Tell No Lies

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@mollymorulane Care to share it please?

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@LionClanChief I don’t want to tell you much because I don’t want to spoil what happens in my book 😅😂 but trust me, look him up. Another one to research is Tiramakhan Traore

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@MousLafrapp3 The memories of a slaughter he once witnessed, as he dreads having to return to the brutality of war… I can’t say more without running into spoilers for the book 😅 you should give it a chance!

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@haqqmhan Amazing reference!!!!!!

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@heatha_a The day my book gets adapted to film or tv… it will need you!!

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Heather Agyepong as Guessrima @heatha_a Sophisticated and charismatic. Another potential show stealer. Every bit of acting I’ve watched from Heather screams Guessrima to me

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@SAHELlAN Thank you so much 🤍 I am very excited for you to read it! We made a playlist on Spotify with music for those who may want to play it in the background whilst reading, immersing themselves further in this beautiful world

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@sahelsuprematie @netflix @NetflixUK my DMs are open 🤷🏿‍♂️

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@The_ninety8 The author is me 🙋🏿‍♂️ J Bela You should be able to find the book on Amazon: “Griots Tell No Lies”

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@100003_brapp No, it is not. It’s a standard novel. It comes with 4 detailed maps so you can better follow the story though. The images you see are for marketing purposes, although a graphic novel version is a very interesting idea 💡 which I will explore in the future… 💭

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@WonderingGriot Send us some pictures! I wish I could be by the beach right now. Thank you for your support ♥️🖤💚

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Griotsheavensearth

6 months

Thank you 🥹 would you grace us with a full review at some point? Can’t think of no one better to critique the historicity of the book 🙏🏿

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@PrinceCamaraSL

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@griotsheavens Well deserved ! , it's a great book

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Griotsheavensearth

7 months

@sonofcomely @PrinceCamaraSL I appreciate your words brother. This story is for all of us

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4 months

@_africanhistory I would love to get the chance to speak to you about my book, medieval West African history 🙏🏿

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