Office of Community and Global Education hosts program of West African storytelling
On Monday, February 25, 2008, the Office of Community and Global Education, in conjunction with the Black Student Union and other interested and committed students and faculty, shared the stories and history of African Americans through the “Griot” tradition of storytelling in a program entitled “The Griot Tells the Story.” A Griot is a West African poet and the keeper of the oral traditions and history of certain tribes or groups. Griots traditionally use storytelling, music, poetry, and other forms of artistic expression to share and pass down their information. The program focused mostly on poetry and spoken word interpretation as a means of sharing stories and teaching lessons along the way. The poems paid homage to some of the very best African American poets, rappers, and storytellers of our time. These poems brought to life the stories of a people who, despite insurmountable odds, refused to die, knew their intrinsic worth, and celebrated the journey, history, and hope of a people who stood tall in the face of slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, and racism.
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