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You are about to enter a world of spirit,
culture and conciousness...
It is a place where music, rhythms,
poetry & the spoken word
meet in a dance of upliftment
dedicated to ancient culture
and in perfect tune with the times we live in today...

You have not only purchased and EP
You have bought into a concept
Built over the years by a Sista Woman,
Griot, Jali, African Queen Mother
Who has understood and accepted
the calling from deep within her soul
of those who came before and who call
across the illusion of time for those who have ears to hear
and courage to speak our truth to the world...


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~ Imhotep Gary Byrd
World Griot, Radio GBE 
cornrows100 Cornrows
by Camille Yarbrough

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shimmershine89 Shimmershine QUEENS
by Camille Yarbrough

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tamika89 Tamika and the Wisdom Rings
by Camille Yarbrough

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littletreebook89 The Little Tree Growing up in the Shade
by Camille Yarbrough

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iron-pot-cover90 The Iron Pot Cooker
by Camille Yarbrough

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yopraise90 Yo Praise
by Camille Yarbrough

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joespub90
by Camille Yarbrough

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fatboyslim90 Fat Boy Slim
by Camille Yarbrough

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THE GIFT

We have two lives
We do, yes, we do
We have not one life but two
Body life does it’s work
And leaves us
Grieves
But
Spirit-life- work
Unending
Spirit-life-work
It’s love, it’s wisdom
free of form
Spirit –life-work
lives on and on and on
until it reforms
as new born me
as new born you
as two or
as our ancestors said:
every closed eye ain’t sleep
every good- by ain’t gone
runokorashidi

NANA CAMILLE YARBROUGH OF ANCESTOR HOUSE PRESENTS A SPECIAL LECTURE PRESENTATION
by Dr. Runoko Rashidi

Historian, Research Specialist, Writer, Public Lecturer, and World Traveler
Sunday, November 13, 2011 at 1:00 pm
Purchase Tickets TODAY!
www.ancestorhouse.eventbrite.com

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THE GREAT LIBERATOR HARRIET TUBMAN answered a question this way:" I could have saved more if they knew they were slaves." That was after she and Union soldiers of African ancestry went onto plantations and freed thousands of our enslaved ancestors. Some would not go to freedom because they had come to believe it was allright to live in fear, to be killed, beaten, imprisoned, called 'nigger, bitch, black, dog etc. by Drivers, Overseers, and their Enslavers. Those who did not go to freedom would laugh and do the same to each other.



welcome

Greetings Hotep,

You have found me and I am pleased to find you here at Ancestor House. I welcome you. I am Camille Yarbrough and this is the house in which I was born and which inspires my creative work

You see, I am Jelimuso, a Griot, a storyteller to my soul. It is not a part I chose to play. Oh, no, it is a given role.

Like, when a red almost round, ripe thing falls from an apple tree, apple is it's name?

Well, it was the same when little African me fell into life from the ancient African tree our creator didn't give me any say either about the part I was designed to play.



Our great creator put a love inside me
to inspire move and guide me
then took me through changes and changes
and rearranges
the creator lifted me up
threw me down
turned me this way
that way
turned me all around
until it was clear
that I was born to be
a story teller
a spell un speller
a Jelimuso
a Griot sister woman
born to grasp the mystery and fling it from our history
reborn to tell the story
of the Great African Family



It is long story
I go deep
I tell it in song, poetry, monologues, with photographs and videos.
I tell praise stories, blues stories
I tell of memories and visions, of weakness and strength, good times, bad times,
of things past and of things to come.
It ain' an easy story
ain' always pleasy
sometimes it is scary
but it is absolutely necessary
to tell it.

Because of who I am and what I am
that is what I do
I tell it to the east
I tell it to the west
But, first I tell it to the ones I love best
that is you

Thank you for coming to Ancestor House

Family forever!

Camille Yarbrough
Naa Camille Yarbrough
Naanana Camille Yarbrough


Camille Yarbrough, In the News

allmusic.com: Yarbrough's Iron Pot Cooker, "a landmark work of great importance."
a review by Amy Hanson
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A SPECIAL TALK WITH CAMILLE YARBROUGH on Blog Talk Radio
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Performance artist, author, and cultural activist Nana Camille Yarbrough joins us on our return from hiatus.  learn more...
The Michael Eric Dyson Show
Interview with Nana Camille Yarbrough
School, Lunch, Food Injustice; Kwanzaa
Published December 29, 2010
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Camille Yarbrough . Ancestor House . c/o African American Traditions Workshop . 80 St. Nicholas Ave., Suite 4G . New York . NY . 10026 .  ph: 212 252 3152 . email: yarbroughchosan@aol.com