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

April 22, 2017 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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 be shared.

Akua Duku Anokye, is an 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:
April 22, 2017
Time:
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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Website:
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Venue

Safford City Hall Annex
808 S. 8th Avenue
Safford, 85546 United States
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