School Yard Rap’s Griot B Takes the Stage
Asawa SOTA celebrates Black History Month with assemblies and curricula organized by the Black Student Union and School Yard Rap.
The programming — made possible with funding from FOSOTA — included an electrifying interactive performance by School Yard Rap founder Brandon “Griot B” Brown.
Taking on the mantle of a griot (gree-oh) — a storyteller who maintains oral history in West African tradition — Brown uses music and performance to teach the overlooked histories of minorities and marginalized populations.
Brown, who began his career as a public school teacher, discovered his superpowers when he introduced hip-hop to the academic setting — using the dynamic artform to increase student engagement, comprehension, and achievement.
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