In West Africa it is said that when a griot dies, a library burns to the ground.

With this philosophy in mind, Cheo Tyehimba founded theMuseum of the African Diasporas Ive Known Rivers project in December 2005. Since then, the endeavor has blossomed into an expansive six-volume digital collection of oral histories. Through first-person essays, photo montages, poetry, audio interviews, and streaming video content, the project documents the experiences of people of African descent throughout the United States and in places as diverse as Bosnia, Brazil, Haiti, and South Africa.

The latest volume, Crossing Fences (which is still under production), captures the stories of multigenerational men of African descent who live in Oakland. With this project, Tyehimba hopes to answer the question What is that knowledge that is across the fence that we dont always have access to between elders and young men in [the black] community?

In a sneak peek of Crossing Fences, which was shown at the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco last Thursday, African-American men and teenagers engaged in startlingly honest discussions on a broad scope of issues: the emotionally charged meaning of fatherhood in the black community, the psychological pain and numbness found in violent social environments, and the idealistic dreams of black millennials.

The completed Crossing Fences will feature a culturally rich mosaic of oral histories as told by teenagers, adults, and even a supercentenarian (meaning a person who is more than 110 years old). One intended interviewee, Andrew Hatch, a 115-year-old Oakland resident, has a wealth of intriguing stories to tell for example, he was once imprisoned in Irving, Texas for the reckless eyeballing of an attractive white woman, an illegal offense at the time. However, Hatch, a locksmith, was able to pick the lock of his jail cell, hop a boxcar, and flee to Mexico, where he lived for several years before moving to Oakland in 1933.

In addition to providing a sneak peak of film footage on Thursday night, Tyehimba interviewed a cross-generational panel of men in order to offer a glimpse into the kinds of candid, poignant, and occasionally hilarious conversations that Crossing Rivers will feature.

Panelist Spencer Whitney, a recent graduate of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, expressed sadness that black children and teenagers in Oakland often feel confined to specific geographical spaces and, as a result, are left unexposed to cultures and experiences outside of their neighborhoods. Mentally, it has become so ingrained in a lot of communities, especially African-American communities, said Whitney. You have internalized that there are places you cant go, and while those places arent necessarily segregated, its segregated in your mind.

Meanwhile, Zef Amen, an entrepreneur and public speaker, emphasized the degree to which black aesthetics pervade mainstream American culture, affecting the lexicons, dance moves, and mannerisms of people whose skin colors come in all shades. At the end of the day, we know were beautiful, said Amen. Elvis knew the aesthetic was beautiful. Bieber knows it! Amen urged black men to see themselves not through a lens of oppression or through a lens of cultural outsiders, but through a lens of their own creation, which is more expansive and luminous than anything that has existed before it.

Once Crossing Fences is completed, a selection of its most compelling first-voice narratives will be commissioned by artists, poets, dancers, and dramatists who will transform the stories into theatrical pieces to be performed in churches throughout Oakland. These performance pieces will provide a new living, breathing medium through which the evolving African-American experience can be explored and celebrated.

The first collection of narratives from Crossing Fences will be uploaded onto theIve Known Rivers websiteby early June 2014. The rest of the digital archive is availablehere.

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Bridge fences

Enough is enough. Its about time we gave this bridge a break. When people want to end their life, they come to the Penobscot Narrows Bridge. Its about time they put up some safety rails and fences to stop people from jumping off this bridge. They put up those fences in Augusta, why not here on this bridge?

Lets stop this by installing some high fences so that it will be impossible for anyone to climb over. It will be a lot better to see those fences than to see the Coast Guard pulling a body out from under this nice bridge.

Eugene Bowden

Bucksport

While the University of Maine mens basketball team admittedly has a history of being not very good, this season has brought about new lows. With only three wins in America East this season, Maine has dropped to 337 out of 351 Division I programs in a well-respected college basketball power ranking list at http://www.kenpom.com. Its time for there to be accountability for their overall lack of competitiveness, and that accountability starts at the top. On behalf of Fill The Steins Nation, its time for University of Maine Coach Ted Woodward to resign.

Woodward is now in his tenth season as coach. In that time, the teams overall record is 116-174 (40 percent winning percentage) and 65-95 (40.62 percent) in America East. Maine has had one winning season (2009-10) during Woodwards tenure and has seen the win total decline in each of the last four seasons.The level of patience shown for Woodward by the athletic department is admirable. However alumni, supporters and fans eventually deserve to see sustained competitiveness.

Maine will never be a basketball school; hockey will always come first. That doesnt mean we should accept a mens basketball team that is uncompetitive more often than not. Both John Giannini and Rudy Keeling took Maine to the conference tournament final as Maines head coach. Theres no reason to think the right coach cant do that again, particularly in the traditionally weak America East. After a decade of mediocrity-at-best, Woodward has proven to not be that coach.

Brian MacLeod

Falmouth

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Verdict

Moscow Mannon was having only his second start over fences when storming to a 15-length victory at Naas and is a very smart chasing prospect. However, he was beaten over hurdles by MALLOWNEY on that track a year ago and the latter has hardly stood still over fences. Although beaten by Back Before Dawn at Navan last time, when Some Tikket fell when under pressure, that was a Grade 2 and the winner is another very promising type. Timothy Doyle's charge was still in touch when falling in a Grade 1 here earlier and can come out best this time. Darwins Fox is a stable companion of Moscow Mannon but carries a penalty for a very easy Grade 3 victory at Roscommon and has plenty to do. Mount Colah was behind the selection at Fairyhouse in December and Is Herself About, an easy debut winner over fences at Clonmel, will find these rivals much tougher.

Mount Colah (IRE) 6-4fav (11-7) Chased leader, led after 3rd, travelled well in lead when bad mistake last, soon headed, ridden and rallied run-in to lead again closing stages, won at Thurles 2m beg chase sft in Jan beating Katnap (11-12) by 3/4l, 16 ran.

Moscow Mannon (IRE) 13-8 (11-12) Chased leader in 2nd, led 5 out, went clear run-in, easily, won at Naas 2m beg chase in Feb beating Abbey Lane (11-12) by 15l, 16 ran.

Mallowney (IRE) 13-8 (11-4) Prominent and disputed lead, led before 4th, headed entering straight and ridden after 2 out, no impression on winner last and no extra run-in, 2nd of 5, 7l behind Bright New Dawn (11-4) at Navan 2m 1f nov chs G2 (1) hvy in Feb.

Is Herself About (IRE) 3-1 (11-5) Soon raced in moderate 2nd, closed from 5th, led 4 out, clear from next, reduced lead from before 2 out but still going smoothly, left clear and stayed on well from last, comfortably,, won at Clonmel 2m beg chs gd in Dec beating Treat Yourself (11-12) by 11l, 6 ran.

Some Tikket (IRE) 9-2 (11-4) Tracked leaders in 4th, pushed along and no impression in 4th when badly hampered and unseated rider 3 out, in a race won by Bright New Dawn (11-4) at Navan 2m 1f nov chs G2 (1) hvy in Feb, 5 ran.

Darwins Fox (FR) 13-8 (11-8) Tracked leaders in 3rd, pushed along early straight and no extra in 3rd approaching last, 3rd of 5, 10l behind Art Of Logistics (11-0) at Punchestown 2m 2f nov chs (1) gd in Oct.

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Could more snow fencing along Highway 400 have prevented Thursday's 98-vehicle crash, or at least mitigated the storm's impact?

Bruce Holtom, owner of FenceSource in Barrie, says it would be worth trying.

Snow fence is and has always been very effective. The higher the snow fence, the more snow it will grab, he said Friday. In most years, in most applications, one stretch of four-foot-high fencing does a good job.

You really do get lulled into a false sense of security when you have three or four mild winters, and all of a sudden it gets like this.

This clearly isn't like most winters. Just entering March there are already near-record snowfall levels in the Barrie area.

Thursday's squalls brought not only snow but gusting winds to the area, creating white-outs that led to the early morning, chain-reaction crashes on the 400.

Gary Lyon of Barrie said they might have been prevented.

Perhaps it would have made no difference in this case, but why has MTO not investigated putting up wind barriers along these open stretches of (Highway) 400? he asked. The greenest option would be trees, but something like the noise barriers you see along 400-series highways might help. Has this ever been studied?

The MTO, of course, is Ontario's Transportation Ministry, which is responsible for all things connected to the 400-series highways (see pullout).

Years ago we used to see a lot more snow fence installed than we do these days, Holtom said. Everybody's watching budgets (today), and we've had some milder winters.

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Verdict

Victor Hewgo has taken well to fences and was just caught by Cheltenham-bound Holywell over course and distance 10 days ago. Despite his penalty, he'll be tough to beat again but COWARDS CLOSE could flourish now tackling fences as he's already a winner between the flags. He was well backed over hurdles here on his reappearance and can recoup losses now. My Dads Horse was a long way behind Victor Hewgo over a shorter trip here in January and Perfect Candidate was due to run at Newbury yesterday.

Perfect Candidate (IRE) 33-1 (11-0) Held up towards rear, outpaced before 5 out, stayed on from last, nearest at finish, 4th of 7, 10l behind Victor Hewgo (11-0) at Doncaster 3m nov chs (4) gs in Jan.

Victor Hewgo 5-2 (11-7) Tracked leaders in 3rd, went 2nd at 2nd, ridden before 3 out, led last, kept on and headed towards finish, 2nd of 5, 3/4l behind Holywell (11-7) at Doncaster 3m nov chs (4) gs in Feb.

Cowards Close (IRE) 3-1fav (10-11) Chased leaders, chance 3 out, weakened approaching next, 7th of 11, 17l behind Mister Dillon (10-11) at Doncaster 3m hcp hdl 0-140 (3) gs in Dec.

My Dads Horse 20-1 (10-12) last of 5, well behind Western Warhorse (10-12) at Doncaster 2m 3f nov chs (3) gs in Jan.

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