Editor's Note:
The following, crossposted from the
H-WORLD list, may also be of some
interest to H-AFRICA readers. The
text replicates the introductory
material from the web site.
mep
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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996
From: David Fahey, Miami University
Here is a Web site, on the African diaspora, that H-World subscribers might care to look at:
http://www.afrinet.net/~griot/
What is a Griot?
[Image] A Griot (gree'-oh) is an African historian. He is a revered clan member who, before the written word, would memorize all of a village's significant events, like births, death, marriages, hunts, seasons and wars, ensuring that the collective heritage, culture and lineage of the clan continued. A Griot would speak for hours, even days, drawing upon a practiced and memorized history, that had been passed on from Griot to Griot for generations.
In the Griot tradition, the people of the AFROAM-L discussion group have created a unique compilation of discussions, research and original work about African life, culture and history named it our Griot Online.
Diaspora
This first issue of Griot Online is a collection of resources about the African Diaspora: the scattering of African descendants to the New World and Europe via the Atlantic slave trade and colonization. The Diaspora refers to the existence of African descendants around the world. To fully explore this topic, we present maps, narrative, pictures and a timeline. The continent of Africa, and specifically West Africa, is a common history and background of millions of Black people throughout the Caribbean, South America and North America. The better we understand this common history, the better we understand ourselves today.
AFROAM-L Archives [Image]
[Image] Diaspora: From the Continent to the New World
[Image] Griot Reading Room
[Image] Links to the World
[ChainsWeb] ChainsWeb, a very special installation
Participants: Sandra Hall, Gary Nash, Siddiq Bello, Walter Dean, Cuda Brown, Paul Stewart, Kevin Foster, Larry Glasco, Lee Baker, Bianca Floyd, Brian McQuire and many others.
What's New on the Griot: 3/15/95 [Image]
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