Trained UW student storytellers will present African folktales in translation while dressed as storytellers would dress in the country from which the tales derive. Songs in African languages accompanied by drums and other instruments will usually augment the storytelling. Each presentation will have three parts:
- An introduction to the continent and countries of Africa using a huge map. Here, children will be encouraged to share their knowledge of Africa, helping contextualize the rest of the presentation.
- The storytelling. Stories will be narrated interactively, and participants will be expected to help by anticipating where the storyline will lead and by identifying or inferring the story’s meanings and lessons at the end.
- Singing, dancing, drumming and conclusion. Children participants will be given the opportunities to play the musical instruments with assistance.
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Our Activities for Fall 2009
From September to November of 2009, ASW will visit schools in Wood County, WI. Events will include:
- September 18: Fall Kickoff Event - 5:30 in 1418 Van Hise Hall
- September 25: Madison Elementary School, Marshfield, WI
- October 2: Pittsville Elementarty School, Pittsville, WI
- October 9: Lincoln & Nasonville Elementary Schools, Marshfield, WI
- October 16: Grant Elementary School, Wisconsin Rapids
- October 23: Grant and Washington Elementary Schools, Marshfield, WI
- November 6: Auburndale Elementary School, Wisconsin Rapids
- November 13: Woodside Elementary School, Wisconsin Rapids
Our Activities for Spring 2009
From March through April of 2009, ASW visited schools in the Milwaukee School District. These schools included:
- February 3: Kennedy Elementary School
- March 20: BEAM & Sherman Elementary School
- March 27: Westside Academy & Milwaukee Academy of Science
- April 3: Hopkins Street Elementary School & Green Bay Avenue Elementary School
- April 24: Thurston Woods Elementary School & Urban Waldorf Elementary School
Our Activities for Fall 2008
ASW hit the road in September of 2008 with its first presentations at targeted schools. These schools included:
- Flambeau Elementary, Rusk County
- Bruce Elementary, Rusk County
- Ladysmith Elementary School, Rusk County
- Roch-A-Cri Elementary, Adams County
- Grand Marsh Elementary, Adams County
- Adams-Freinship Elementary, Adams County
- Pioneer Elementary, Brown County
Our Activities for Spring 2008
- Training of UW students of African origin for storytelling in the schools took place in the Spring of 2008!
Training consisted of:
- a three-hour lesson in storytelling, with demonstrations, led by the Project Director and Professors Harold Scheub, Tejumola Olaniyan and James Leary;
- research by the trainee on stories from his or her region;
- observation of a master storyteller in classrooms in a Madison-area school; and
- individualized instruction and supervised practice guided by project leader Moji Olaniyan.
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