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Roots: The Saga of an American Family Memory and the Past Quotes

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Quote #10

I realized by this time that Grandma, Aunt Liz, Aunt Plus, and Cousin Georgia also had been griots in their own ways. (120.63)

That's the truth. And guess what—so is Alex Haley. He might have written his stories down instead of keeping them locked up in the old head calculator, but he's definitely continuing the griots' tradition of connecting us to our pasts.