Nigiste Nigist: Ancestral, Present & Forever Entangled: Poetic offerings dipped in my personal stash of Blackness. Truths bumping into (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780692641453)

ORIT is a Lover of G-D/ Freedom Fighter/ Poet/ Wordsmith/Healer/ Performing Artist (Singer-Actress-Dancer)/ Sarcasm Connoisseur/ Humor Enthusiast/among many other things.Uniquely of Pan-African (African-American and Ethiopian Jewish ) descent, ORIT grew up in a small city in South Central Ohio, USA. After many years of cultivating experiences and travels all over, ORIT moved back to Ohio in recent times, and now resides outside of Columbus. ORIT has been using words in every way possible to communicate messages since childhood. She not only writes them, but she is also a Multi-Lingual Orator and Spoken Word Artist, who can rouse & puncture hearts skillfully... When she wants to, that is. ORIT is a very down to earth person, and prefers using common & authentic language to communicate in ways that reminds everyone to level out ego, and embrace the hearth of the message. ORIT believes that the words, though important in their choosing, are only a reflection of the message... "What a person remembers most will be what they take from your over all vibe as you speak words... The messages they decode from the unspoken weigh heavy... Did I convey the message wholly?" ORIT