# Chain of Narration: Preserving Oral Histories On The Blockchain

- Channel: [Ethereum Denver](https://streameth.org/ethereum-denver)
- Date: 2023-10-07
- Duration: 17:39
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-PHtP4VMOmfg
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHtP4VMOmfg

## Description

I will talk about the value proposition of Web3 in preserving at-risk stories in West Africa, specifically and more broadly around the world.
Web3 Tools I will focus on: DStorage, Metadata, NFTs.

I'll share the story of how I've leveraged Web3 thus far in my journey and show some of that journey in short video format.

I will highlight some anthropological discoveries I made along the way, emphasizing the song that has inspired me to go to Brazil in pursuit of a thread of music I found in Sierra Leone.

I will also speak to the correlations between oral histories and the blockchain itself as a means to store and transfer information safely and reliably and share some of the moments that anchored this realization for me.