There is a meme doing the rounds on the internet in which a teen tells his dad: “I want to be an actor”. The father replies: “No son, it’s pronounced doctor.”
Author Archives: positively-african
The power of telling our own stories
When we as Africans tell our own stories, we re-write the stories in the history books that our children are still taught in schools.
Finding my way back Home – The Power of Folktales
Mze Jomo Kenyatta was facing Mount Kenya when he had his epiphany. Some 500 kilometers southeastwards, I was facing the Indian Ocean when I had mine, and it came to me through a folktale.
Publishing Perspectives
The second international event in the PublisHer series featured performance, discussion, and networking at the International Publishers Association’s ‘Africa Rising’ seminar in Nairobi.
Business Daily Africa – ‘Word wizards’ revitalise the art of storytelling at festival
The Business Daily wrote: Maimouna Jallow is a master storyteller, an award-winning one at that…..
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