Spoken Word
The Spoken Word Generates:
LET THERE BE LIGHT
Word, Sound and Power Signify the Hour
Mission of the Spoken Word
Telling counts, so make it heard
The spoken word gives form to experience; it wraps the object of our experience into a package to be passed around and unwrapped like a game of pass the parcel. That act of transmission fuels the transition we call history …
The Songtree: Audiobook
Relax with the audiobook of ‘The Songtree: A Windrush Tale’. This novel lends itself especially well to such a medium as it is written by a spoken word artist to be told in a storytelling flow.
In the audiobook of ‘The Songtree’ narrative, location and music are enhanced through authentic sound environments and sound technology, providing a truly immersive experience of ‘The Songtree’ for the listener.
The Griotcast
A griot’s podcast from Abracadia
A cabin in the woods, a griot’s manyatta where minds unfold and stories are unpacked, their wisdom shared for the good of all.
Abracadia’s Griotcast applies ancient wisdom to modern problems using the bright constancy of traditional tales like stars: to illuminate, orientate and guide us in our progress.
Traditionally, the indigenous griot or storyteller is a conduit. They connect the community to its cultural stock of human wisdom encoded in mythic tales.
Nowdays we have the whole world’s traditions of wisdom-tales at our fingertips as never before.
And now we have Remi D to bring it all to life. With nine generations of Ashante Maroon griots behind him plus a PhD in the dynamics of cultural development using storytelling in education, Remi brings each week’s topic to life with an illustrative traditional tale from the world stock of accumulated human wisdom.
Topical
Each Griotcast episode uses a different tale from the global stock of accumulated human wisdom to illustrate the topic of the week, e.g. the tale of ‘King Midas’ for the topic of ‘greed’.
All topics relate to three core questions: ‘Where are we at now as a society? Where are things heading? And where do we want to be heading?
Guests also help us discuss each week’s new topic and tale. We call them community and chatsby.
Community guests include teachers, students, parents, grandparents, judges, academics, social workers, artists, musicians, travellers, migrants, sportspeople, community workers, police, medics entrepreneurs. In short, anyone effected by the issues we cover and anyone who feels invested in the future of social progress.
Vibe
Chatsby guests are a diverse range of socially and politically active voices including clerics, activists, commentators, politicians and stand-up artists:
Chatsbys are those with critical views who are used to publicly discussing matters of social and political wisdom and who see value in mining the wisdom of pre-historic story-traditions for social cohesion.
Community and Chatsby guests each bring their own particular knowledges about the world. They are equally knowing partners with Remi in the discussion of the week’s tale. Together they unpack the wisdom there as it relates to the week’s topic.
The UK is like a ship of state. The soundness of its hull rests on the integrity of its joints. Without that we are sunk. The Griotcast uses the glue of ancient wisdom tales as our pitch to make those joints watertight. We contribute to the integrity of our shared ship of state in the constructive, responsible and peaceable manner befitting the griot tradition.
The Griotcast is a hothouse rainbow of human wisdom and good faith. Who wouldn’t check it out?
Doors open: Autumn Equinox, 2025.
Simply sign up for free access to the storytelling and discussion highlights.
Higher tiers of membership give access to higher levels of engagement:
Access full discussions of tales and topics
Join in the discussions of how the story can be used to advance the cause of our own lives and communities
Hidden gems: Behind the scenes insights
Live Q&A