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J'miah Nabawi

Anansesem Kyiri Kasa: Storytelling Does Not Like Idle Talk

Program Details: Students sing, dance, and drum as J'Miah creates storytelling ensembles from the audience.

This program uses a combination of spoken word, oral traditions, music, and creative movement.  All of which are reflective of the "story-dance-musical drama" found in Ghanaian performance storytelling. 

Students get a taste of African storytelling in a fun and innovative way.

This is also available as up to three back to back assemblies.

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J'miah Nabawi

Employing a variety of voices, languages from distant lands, hand-held instruments, colorful fabrics, and creative movement, J'miah Nabawi's interdisciplinary brand of storytelling programming has been invited to appear at concert halls, museums of art, theaters, universities, public and private schools, and educational conferences around the U.S. and abroad. 

His excellent work with young people has been recognized by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and the William J. Faulkner Friends of Folklore.  He was named a Traditional Master Artist by the Georgia Council for the Arts, through its National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) sponsored Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program, to encourage, preserve, and perpetuate the African American oral traditions of the southeast, and has received many more recognitions. 

Nabawi is known for his fun and engaging programs and love of storytelling.