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A Story, A Story: African and African American Oral Tradition and Storytelling

January 23, 2016 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Free

When the African slave was brought to the Caribbean and North and South America, s/he brought her oral literature and performance style.  This presentation focuses on the transfer of those oral traditions from African culture to African American culture. Such traditions can be heard in trickster stories, but also observed in the narration of myths, folk tales, sermons, jokes, proverbs, folk sayings, signifying, capping, testifying, toasting, on street corners, in barbershops, in beauty shops, the blues, rapping and hip-hop.  In demonstration of the connections between African and African American oral traditions, a variety of Ananse tales, African American proverbs and other verbal arts will

SB - Akua Duku Anokye - WEBAkua Duku Anokye, Associate Professor of Africana Language, Literature, and Culture  and Director of International Initiatives in Arizona State University’s New College is past chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), and past chair of the College Board’s Advanced Placement English Language and Composition Development Committee. Dr. Anokye’s research centers on African Diaspora orality and literacy practices, folklore, and oral history focusing on Ghanaian culture, religion, storytelling, and dance. Her current projects feature Arizona culture and life. She is working concurrently on “African American Pioneers of AZ” focusing on community mothers and “Telli.”

Details

Date:
January 23, 2016
Time:
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Cost:
Free
Event Category:

Venue

Prescott Valley Public Library
7401 E Skoog Blvd
Prescott Valley, AZ 86314 United States
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Phone
928-759-3040
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