Wangari the Storyteller has perfected the art of storytelling, capturing the imagination of both the young and old with entertaining, interactive, and educative performances. She has become a favourite of many a school if the regular invitations she gets is anything to go by. She has told stories as far as Sweden, Iran, India and
For reasons unknown, I have always had this strange fascination with India. Has it got something to do with the colourful sarees and Holi festivities? Is it the vastness of the land that appeals to my love for space, or the magnitude of its population which is just beyond my comprehension? Or maybe it is
Silence. Total blackout. Even the moon disappears for a long minute. The barely visible faces in the crowd hold their breath. Suddenly, a loud scream comes from behind me. For a moment, my heart races faster. “Jowi! Jowi! Jowi!” a solitary voice calls in the darkness. The call is picked by the shadowy figures crouched
#MeetTheStoryteller – Episode 8 Name: Baeletsi Tsatsi From: South Africa *** *** *** Baeletsi, it was such a pleasure meeting you during the 2018 edition of Sigana International Storytelling Festival. How did you get into storytelling? In 2013 a friend of mine, Mahlatsi Mokgonyana invited me to a show he had been invited to. It
Africa has a long tradition of practicing oral storytelling. Stories were told by grandparents and parents around the fireplace for different aims – entertainment, as a way of teaching genealogy, history of the community, to caution, advise among other reasons. There were also griots that were specialized in this art, whose trade was telling stories.
Prague is simply stunning. The capital of Czech, it is a city beautified by amazing medieval architecture, numerous nature parks, theatre spaces and a cultural diversity. The country itself is only 10 million people strong. Like a clock that clock reverses back in time, the city gives a kind of perfect relaxation and artistic inspiration
Early this month, I was part of a group that visited school libraries in Frankfurt, with the aim of sharing, learning and observing practices that make school libraries in Germany to be voted among the most efficient. The group included librarians from schools and universities and the Nairobi County government, headteachers from around the country
She marched out of the lake, so they say. The myth of Nyamgondho With her back bent, wrinkles mapping her determined face, she raised her hand and the passive waters came alive. Hundreds of cows, goats, sheep, donkeys and all manner of domesticated fowl followed in her wake. The braying, moo-ing, baa-ing and clucking jolted
