Alex Haley Quote

On West African oral historians:

It is rightly said that when a griot dies, it is as if a library has burned to the ground.


Roots (1976)


It is rightly said that when a griot dies, it is as if a library has burned to the ground.

It is rightly said that when a griot dies, it is as if a library has burned to the ground.

It is rightly said that when a griot dies, it is as if a library has burned to the ground.

It is rightly said that when a griot dies, it is as if a library has burned to the ground.