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EPISODE · Aug 23, 2025 · 6 MIN

The Stories That Shape Us

from The Legacy Begins: Honoring Our Stories, Shaping Our Future · host Dr. Gilda Brown Ebanks

Today, in this first episode, we honor the roots of this space — and the tradition that breathes life into it.This podcast is deeply inspired by the griots and griottes of West Africa — the oral historians, poets, and keepers of memory who carried the history of their people through voice, rhythm, and remembrance.They weren’t just telling stories. They were preserving legacies. They safeguarded wisdom and healing practices that still echo through us today — grounding us in the collective spirit of our power and resilience. This podcast is our offering to that tradition — a modern-day echo of that ancestral calling.Let’s journey together, shaping legacies one story at a time.Dr. G

Today, in this first episode, we honor the roots of this space — and the tradition that breathes life into it.This podcast is deeply inspired by the griots and griottes of West Africa — the oral historians, poets, and keepers of memory who carried the history of their people through voice, rhythm, and remembrance.They weren’t just telling stories. They were preserving legacies. They safeguarded wisdom and healing practices that still echo through us today — grounding us in the collective spirit of our power and resilience. This podcast is our offering to that tradition — a modern-day echo of that ancestral calling.Let’s journey together, shaping legacies one story at a time.Dr. G

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