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Griot and Grits

Griot and Grits

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Griot and Grits is a new take on the West African Griot, the storytelling, singing, poet, historian of the village that was tasked with passing on the history of the village orally. Griot and Grits empowers people to step into the role of a modern day Griot for their family, sharing the stories of love, loss, birth, joy, healing, perserverance, success and the myriad of other experiences that bind us all together within the beauty of our shared human frailty. We catalog those stories in the ark that is Griot and Grits, to preserve them into eternity....making the words of the Griot timeless.Griot and Grits Ciencias Sociales Relaciones
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  • Quick Bites - David E. Reid Reflects on Growing Up with Faith, Family, and Southern Traditions

    Quick Bites - David E. Reid Reflects on Growing Up with Faith, Family, and Southern Traditions
    Mar 7 2026
    David E. Reid reflects on his upbringing in Reidsville, North Carolina, where he was raised by his mother and grandmother after his father left during his early childhood. He describes a tight‑knit, church‑centered household rooted in modest means, homegrown food, and shared community values. His memories center on the women who shaped him—especially through cooking, compassion, and lessons about doing good for others. Now 84, he looks back with warmth on the foods, traditions, and moral grounding that defined his early life and continue to guide his character today.

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    6 m
  • Quick Bites - Irene Clark Recalls Confronting the Stereotypes of Africa

    Quick Bites - Irene Clark Recalls Confronting the Stereotypes of Africa
    Feb 25 2026
    Irene Clark reflects on how misinformation and stigma have long distorted Western views of Africa, from travel ads that separate Egypt from the continent to the fearful stereotypes echoed by earlier generations. She contrasts those narratives with her own travels across Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Swaziland, and South Africa, where she witnessed modern cities, deep ingenuity, and a living history far richer than outsiders imagine. Her story underscores the power of seeing Africa firsthand and the profound impact of standing in places like the slave castles, where history becomes impossible to ignore.

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    5 m
  • Quick Bites - Lynette Richardson Traces the Lessons of Home and the Lower East Side

    Quick Bites - Lynette Richardson Traces the Lessons of Home and the Lower East Side
    Feb 22 2026
    Lynette Richardson reflects on a childhood shaped by the warmth, discipline, and creativity of her family on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, where home was defined less by geography and more by the people who taught her how to see the world. She describes a community anchored by steady work—school crossing guards, construction crews, taxi drivers—and a mother whose presence and purpose set the rhythm of her early life. Through memories of neighborhood jobs, school influences, and the cultural lessons woven into daily life, Lynette traces how her upbringing instilled resilience, identity, and a deep sense of belonging. Her story reveals how family, community, and place become the map one follows long after childhood ends.

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    6 m
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