November Griots

Jay Lemke (jllbc who-is-at cunyvm.cuny.edu)
Fri, 12 Nov 1999 12:10:55 -0500

'All power to the Griots', of course recalling the revolutionary 'All power
to the Soviets', was meant apropos of the fantasy of a revolution against
an alienating, over-scaled culture mediated by paper. Griots are African
bards whose oral histories, genealogies, etc. mediate heterochronically
across generations in more modestly scaled societies.

JAY.

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JAY L. LEMKE
PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION
CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
JLLBC who-is-at CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
<http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/education/jlemke/index.htm>
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