Mary carter smith autobiography

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          A biography of the Afro-American woman who gained fame as a storyteller and became America's Mother Griot or official storyteller of African stories..

          Smith, Mary Carter 1919–

          Storyteller, educator

          Moved to Ohio

          Selected writings

          Sources

          Before the 1970s, few Americans knew the meaning of the word “griot”.

          Mary Carter Smith helped to change that. Perhaps no other individual has done more to bring traditional African stories, poems and songs to life across the United States. Her contribution to the continuation of African oral tradition in America has been significant.

          Since the beginning of Smith’s career, interest in African history and heritage has blossomed. She is also the state of Maryland’s official “griot,” or African storyteller.

          Mary Carter Smith was born Mary Rogers Ward on February 10, 1919 in Birmingham, Alabama.

          She and her mother, Eartha Nowden, a domestic worker, lived with Eartha’s mother, Mary Deas Nowden.

          Other works include Town Child, Heart to Heart, an autobiographical book of poetry and prose, and she co-authored The Griot's Cookbook.

        1. Title, My Autobiography: A Tale That Is Told.
        2. A biography of the Afro-American woman who gained fame as a storyteller and became America's Mother Griot or official storyteller of African stories.
        3. This book traces the life of Mary Carter Smith through her childhood in the South to eventually settling in Baltimore, Maryland.
        4. Mary Carter Smith was born in Birmingham, Alabama on February 10, and has resided in Maryland for 60 years.

          5. Smith never developed much of a relationship with her father, Rogers Ward. Eartha Nowden and Rogers Ward eventually divorced. When Mary was four years ol