DANIEL: So in early 2024, she and her colleagues began the work of unearthing Kansala, which allowed them to sketch out a map of the site, nearly 150 acres. CANOS-DONNAY: Which is absolutely enormous.

For one griot, the unearthing of this ancient West African capital offers vindication Stories of the kingdom of Kaabu's reign have been told for generations through a kind of traditional song. Now ...