Private design preview
Image credits
This preview uses existing material supplied by GRIOT. Possession of an image does not in itself confirm permission to publish it. Known source information and unresolved credits are distinguished below.
GRIOT wordmark and original footer banner
Original files supplied by GRIOT from griot.de. The photographic credit and reuse terms for the footer image still need confirmation.
Roberto Fonseca & Vieux Farka Touré
The supplied “Crossing Oceans” project press sheet credits the project photos to © Johann Sauty. This is the source of the attribution used here.
Miriam Makeba
Supplied GRIOT archive: miriam_makeba_02.jpg. Photographer and usage permission have not yet been confirmed.
Hugh Masekela · existing archive photograph
Supplied filename hugh_brett_rubin_hp02.jpg names Brett Rubin. Attribution and usage permission await confirmation against the original release.
Baba Yaga · Piran 2026 and Odiseja
Video previews: corresponding YouTube thumbnails. Photography: Katharina Scholz, Piran 2026. Odiseja artwork and design: Tracy Dawn-Tobisch & Victoria Maria Santibañez. Credits follow the supplied September 2026 press text; public-reuse permission remains to be confirmed.
Bombino · existing artist-page photograph
Existing GRIOT filename names Marije Kuiper. Attribution and usage permission await confirmation against the original release.
Freshlyground
Existing GRIOT filename names Hana Sho. Attribution and usage permission await confirmation against the original release.
Vieux Farka Touré, solo live photo
Photo: Wulf von Gaudecker / GRIOT, as identified in the supplied material.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Izo FitzRoy, Kefaya & Elaha Soroor, Congo Cowboys, Iyeoka, Duo Ruut
Existing GRIOT artist images. Individual photographer credits and usage permissions remain to be confirmed.
E-Wired Empathy
Photographs supplied by GRIOT. Giovanni Amighetti portrait: Guido Harari, as credited in the supplied filename. Credits for the other photographs await confirmation.
Suntou Susso
Photographs supplied by GRIOT. African Product: patterned studio portraits and standing portrait with kora; neotookthat: black-and-white live photograph; Hugh Miller: colour live photograph. Credits follow the supplied filenames. Photographer of the opening photograph (suntou-susso-selected.png) is not specified.
Bombino · new home-page portrait
Supplied by GRIOT: bombino_portrait_2018.jpg. The photographer and permission for public reuse remain unconfirmed. The older Bombino attribution above does not apply automatically to this photograph.
Hugh Masekela · new home-page portrait
Supplied by GRIOT: hm02_brett_rubin.jpg. The filename names Brett Rubin; attribution and usage permission await confirmation against the original release.
Bombino · current artist page
Main portrait supplied by GRIOT: bombino_portrait_2018.jpg; photographer credit pending. Additional photographs: Vittorio Catti (bombino_hp01.jpg) and Mads Maurstad (bombino_hp04.jpg), credited on the original GRIOT photo pages.
Freshlyground · current artist page
Photography: Hana Sho (opening, black-and-white portrait, colour portraits 17 and 99, and album photograph); Sean Wilson (band portrait); Radford Jacobs (stage photograph); Freshlyground (Mbali portrait). Credits follow the supplied files. Film covers are press photographs, not frames from the linked performances.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo · current artist page
Images supplied by GRIOT. The photograph against the orange wall is credited to Bugs Steffen in the supplied filename; the other selected photographs are supplied with a Mambazo credit. Video previews are the corresponding YouTube thumbnails.
Congo Cowboys · current artist page
Photography: Jonx Pillemer (the three outdoor photographs); Simon Attwell (current band portrait and Julio/Chris portrait). Attributions follow the photographs supplied by GRIOT. The current line-up is shown in the band introduction; the outdoor series belongs to the band’s photographic archive.
Yasmine Azaiez · current artist page
The selected portrait was supplied by GRIOT as yasmine_azaiez~mv2.jpg.avif. Photographer attribution and permission for public reuse remain to be confirmed.
Mary Anibal · current artist page
Photographs supplied by GRIOT from the mary_anibal series. Photographer credit has not yet been supplied. Video previews are the corresponding YouTube thumbnails.
Izo FitzRoy · current artist page
The two selected portraits were supplied in filenames naming Kenny McCracken. Attribution and public-reuse permission remain to be confirmed against the original release. Video preview stills come from the corresponding public-video panels in the supplied Izo FitzRoy EPK 2026; they are not separately attributed to Kenny McCracken.
Kefaya & Elaha Soroor · current artist page
The existing artist image kefaya_671a.jpg comes from the GRIOT archive. Photographer attribution and permission for public reuse remain to be confirmed.
Vieux Farka Touré · current artist page
The live photograph is credited to Wulf von Gaudecker / GRIOT in the supplied artist material. Credits for other photographs are recorded separately on the image-information page.