What happened to the Voices of Divinity?

When lyrics of lives and imaginations

Would flow eloquent for days and months,

Passage after passage,

Speaking to the melody

Of the universal and instinctual truths?

What happened to the Sweet Profound Dance?

When children, and parents, grandparents, and ancestors

Would arrive around the fire

With their heels burning from the long journey

Finally,

To sit with a rapt mind afore inked choreographies and celebratory applause…

Stories have been a powerful conduit in transmitting lessons, culture, and being.

The continent having many an aural traditio,n has been a source of study and

reflection around the power of the spoken word. What do artists see as the most

significant stories in their lives, and invaluable lessons for our society.