In The Bush, Trust No One You

I Acknowledge Immense Debt To The Griots [tribal Poets] Of Africa - Where Today It Is Rightly Said That When A Griot Dies, It Is As If A Library Has Burned To The Ground.

Roots Is Not Just A Saga Of My Family. It Is The Symbolic Saga Of A People.

I Am Really Quite Proud Of Most Of The People I " Know Who Have "made It," Who Do Things To Help People.

My Parents Were Teachers And They Went Out Of Their Way To See To It That I Had Books. We Grew Up In A Home That Was Full Of Books. And So I Learned To Read. I Loved To Read.

Indeed Optimists Rather Than Defeatists Have Produced The Results For Which Serious Genealogical Research Is Best Known.