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About Sherese Francis

Sherese Francis was born August 07, 1990 at Brookdale Hospital in Brookyln. From two-years-old, she has lived in Queens with her mom, Jenease, and her dad, Simon. Her mom is from Barbados and her dad is from Dominica, both of which are in the West Indies. She graduated from P.S.118 elementary school, graduated valedictorian from I.S.59 middle school, and graduated with honors from Townsend Harris High School. Since the age of twelve, Sherese has been writing poems and song lyrics and by the age of fourteen, she wanted to be a songwriter. Now, she plans to major in Management of Musical Enterprises and minor in English at Baruch. Her future career plans involve songwriting, becoming a music journalist (including creating her own magazine based on her music blog: http://reesesearcandy.blogspot.com), and owning her own music production and publishing company.

Keepers of History: The African Griots (Edited Version)
By Sherese Francis

Through the silence a single voice echoes
He is followed by the bass of the drumbeat
On the tama, the clanging of the saber
The strained sound of the stringed kora
All of these are his chorus singing
With his voice rattling the ears
Of his audience lost in his trance.

His power is not in physical strength
Nor in wealth, but it does lie in
The mighty power of the tongue
In which he speaks life and death
Praise and doom, still most vital
Bringing the past to present
Pulling it from the vast depths
Of the archives of his mind. Stories

Of generations and families
Golden ages and wars
Heroes and the common
Come alive in his music
They come alive in his words
Binding time with his lips
Shaping time with his movements
Of his hands, legs, face, body
Each telling a new creation

He lives in those who live to speak
To be the keepers of stories
The keepers of history.

 
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