Welket Bungué, a Balanta griot in transit

What stories can a body tell? This is one of the questions raised by the artistic career of Portuguese Guinean actor, filmmaker and performer Welket Bungué, which leads to a broader reflection on the body as a narrative and performative expression in a transmedia practice. The purpose of this article is to analyse Bungué’s artistic method, questioning its relationship with the legacy of Balanta culture and African oral traditions and griots , a social function that can serve as a reference for reflecting on how artists from Africa and its diasporas tell their stories in continuity with this legacy.