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Griot (gree'ot), n. A storyteller; among the peoples of West Africa, the singer-poet who recounts tales of heroes, recites the genealogies of the great, and preserves and disseminates the precious traditions of a given society; the griot's main function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village.
A class of professional musician-entertainers among the Wolof society of Senegal and Gambia . The griot in Senegal is a troubadour who recites poems, or tells of courageous deeds, drawing upon his own sources of inspiration, which, combined with rhythm, produces an intense effect upon the entire community.
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Collectors Items
The Watts Prophets pioneered the form of spoken word put to music that has exploded into the phenomenon that rap is today. Some of the historical printed material and footage of their early works is available for online ordering below.
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1965 Workbook
Workbook from the first Watts Prophets community program with youth in 1965. A guide to opening up youth to finding their voices creatively with the theme of "talk up, not down." Click to enlarge image $5.00
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Rising Sons
The first book of poetry published by the Watts Prophets in 1973. Takes the reader into the Black community at the height of the Black Power Movement.
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History of the Watts Prophets
Video DVD includes interviews, performances and Amde Hamilton doing a poem at Bob Marley's funeral.
Click to enlarge image $15.00
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