AALit Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. in exactly the same words as were used originally
  2. 5. the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way
  3. 6. belonging naturally; essential
  4. 7. a story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth
  5. 8. Passage the sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies
  6. 9. the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively
Down
  1. 1. a public speaker, especially one who is eloquent or skilled
  2. 3. relating to, based on, or appearing in myths or mythology
  3. 4. a member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa
  4. 6. the fact of being who or what a person or thing is