The Urban Griot

In West Africa, the Griot (pronounced gre-o) was the village storyteller, poet, and historian. The Griot told tales of kings and commoners alike. It was his duty to be the voice of the people, the troubadour of truth, the one who kept the spirit of the long-gone elders alive once they had crossed over to the other side. The Urban Griot is a compilation of short stories, flash fiction and poems of African American peoples, not in the Motherland, but whose descendants were captured and taken ...