In reply to emily.

A group project maybe, you have translators who know good stories and people who have good stories, grandparents, workmates and people who live father out in the sticks. Act as an editor for these people. Terkel would record people and edit the recording into a page or two then organize the people into chapters. Nas seems like a man who likes history, run the idea by him and see what he thinks, he may know someone who has the people skills to put together a group project based on local color. What you are living would sell if packaged right.