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brittlepaper.com /1 month ago

Talking African Storytelling in Berlin with Ben Okri and Ainehi Edoro

One of the highlights of my time in Berlin, this past month, was sharing the stage with Ben Okri for a conversation about books and the power of the imagination. The event was part...

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africanews.com /1 month ago

Morocco celebrates 30 years of international storytelling festival

A festival in Morocco's Rabat explores the power and endurance of oral storytelling, centering tales that dive into the concept of the homeland.

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brittlepaper.com /1 month ago

Ben Okri and Ainehi Edoro Talking African Storytelling in Berlin

One of the highlights of my time in Berlin was sharing the stage with Ben Okri for a conversation that turned into a reading list. The event was part of Afrolution, a festival of...

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allafrica.com /1 month ago

Africa: Cotton to Cloth - The Story Africa Has Always Needed to Tell

[allAfrica] Africa grows more than half of the world's finest long-staple cotton. It earns less than three percent of what that cotton is eventually worth. This is not a trade prob...

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africanews.com /9 hours ago

Gabon revives Its cultural heritage at Libreville’s festival of cultures

Traditional and contemporary dances, storytelling, children being introduced to rites of passage, and local-language workshops: this year’s programme has been designed as a space f...

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dailygood.org /1 month ago

A Storyteller Who Gets Out of the Way

According to gifted storyteller Brian Conroy, “Before I ever told a story, I internalized the elements that made a good story” by absorbing vibrant family rhythms and cadences, the...

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howlround.com /1 month ago

Stories, Seeds, Survivance

By Fidaa Ataya, Dovie Thomason. Stories connect us to our past and shape our futures, helping us to imagine alternatives, to envision the dreams towards which we can collectively m...

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blackenterprise.com /4 weeks ago

Ghana Creative Economy Initiative Takes Flight To Help African Storytellers Go Global

The program offers free public masterclasses, and a Creative Economy Summit to help African storytellers expand their global reach.

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thisiscolossal.com /3 weeks ago

Innovation Meets Heritage in West African Contemporary Artists’ Masquerade Ensembles

'New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations' celebrates contemporary creations by artists in Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon. Do stories and...

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allafrica.com /2 weeks ago

Africa: Why Africa's Textile Story Is Bigger Than the Numbers Suggest

[Bird Story Agency] Africa is beginning to reverse an age-old equation: exporting raw cotton and importing the value created from it. The challenge is to close the ''missing middle...

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allafrica.com /1 week ago

Nigeria: Akwete Weavers Carry An Igbo Textile Tradition Into Modern Fashion

[Bird Story Agency] Once primarily worn as wrappers and ceremonial dress, Akwete cloth is finding new life in contemporary clothing and university training. Weavers, educators and...

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allafrica.com /1 week ago

Africa: Inside a Game Challenging Masculinity

[allAfrica] Mombasa, Kenya -- The room was loud - not with argument, but with laughter.

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allafrica.com /10 hours ago

South Africa: Artists Tell Stories of Heritage and Migration Using Surprising Materials

[GroundUp] Matereality V2 opens at the Iziko South African National Gallery on Monday

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africanews.com /1 month ago

Threading a future: The woman weaving a new art form in Burkina Faso

In a country where painting and sculpture have long reigned supreme, one artist is threading a bold new vision—one nail, one strand, one masterpiece at a time

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sflcn.com /4 days ago

‘What’s Your Story Jamaica’ Brings Million-Dollar Storytelling Competition to Fort Lauderdale

Two Kingston finalists will appear live at the 130-seat Victory Theater. South Florida gets an intimate showcase of Jamaican true-life storytelling. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Jam...

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allafrica.com /4 weeks ago

Mali: How Mali's Ancient Craft Is Building New Economic Futures

[Bird Story Agency] Mali's iconic mud-dyed textile, bogolan, is creating new opportunities beyond its cultural significance. As the centuries-old craft gains protected status, wome...

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thisdaylive.com /1 month ago

Iyadunni Gbadebo: Making Storytelling Great Again

She is a theatre practitioner, tourism strategist and hotel executive, but at the heart of everything Dr. Iyadunni Gbadebo does is a singular mission: to make Lagos a destination w...

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africanews.com /1 month ago

Rwanda's royal cattle pampered with poetry and music

The Inyambo breed at the King's Palace Museum have become living symbols of the nation's cultural heritage.

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jamaicainquirer.com /4 weeks ago

From palava huts to TikTok: How Liberians are preserving their past

Monrovia, Liberia – For generations, Liberia’s history lived in the voices of its elders, carried through conversat...

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eurweb.com /4 days ago

‘The Battle of Bisesero’ Puts Rwanda’s Genocide Story in African Hands

*South African filmmaker Mandla Dube has wrapped production in Rwanda on “The Battle of Bisesero,” a Pan-African feature that shifts the cinematic lens on the 1994 Genocide against...

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allafrica.com /3 weeks ago

Nigeria: Aso-Oke's Global Rise Masks Struggles to Preserve a Centuries-Old Craft

[Bird Story Agency] Aso-Oke has never been more fashionable, appearing on international runways and in luxury collections. But behind the vibrant fabric lies a quieter story: the w...

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theeastafrican.co.ke /4 weeks ago

Heritage, love and Zimbabwe's dark past

The 70-minute film blends and balances political history and a personal narrative.

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omanobserver.om /4 weeks ago

Oman’s stories find a new visual language

MUSCAT: Omani creators are transforming cultural memory into a living visual language that preserves identity while embracing modern expression.Oral literature in Oman has never be...

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creativeboom.com /1 month ago

Can stories save us? JAIKU is putting 60 people in a room to find out

The JAIKU Storytelling Summit lands in London this September, bringing founders, marketers and creative leaders together to ask whether narrative still has the power to change thin...

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