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WHAT IS THE AFRICAN AMERICAN STORYTELLING ARTS INSTITUTE?
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AASAI
3213 Duke Street #629
Alexandria, VA 22314
703.684.8587
The African American Storytelling Arts Institute (AASAI)
provides educational programs and training in storytelling for both professionals and non-professionals to advance and sustain African Oral Traditions.
AASAI began in 1991 as the brainchild of organizer, trainer, and consultant, Baba Jamal Koram, Ed.S. Its purpose is to establish the African Oral Tradition as a visible cultural imperative in educational, cultural and social settings, and to orient individuals to the process of becoming conscious storytellers.
AASAI includes educational and cultural programs and workshops, performances, tours, lectures, publications and other media productions. Based on over twenty years of national- and international storytelling experience in the African oral tradition, the AASAI workshops and resident programs provide training experience necessary to master the skills of storytelling. The workshops provide an :
The residential program, is a more extended and in-depth training program. It includes an introductory workshop, which emphasizes traditional styles, phrasing, language and cultural motifs which support basic African centered values and concepts. AASAI is only one, of a few institutions in the USA, which provides exclusive training in the African/African American oral traditions of storytelling.
Programs of the African American Storytelling Arts Institute:
Several opportunities for performance storytelling, workshops, residencies and organizational training programs
CALL : 571.250.8945 email: griostoryman@gmail.com
WHAT IS THE AFRICAN AMERICAN STORYTELLING ARTS INSTITUTE?
________________________________________________________________
AASAI
3213 Duke Street #629
Alexandria, VA 22314
703.684.8587
The African American Storytelling Arts Institute (AASAI)
provides educational programs and training in storytelling for both professionals and non-professionals to advance and sustain African Oral Traditions.
AASAI began in 1991 as the brainchild of organizer, trainer, and consultant, Baba Jamal Koram, Ed.S. Its purpose is to establish the African Oral Tradition as a visible cultural imperative in educational, cultural and social settings, and to orient individuals to the process of becoming conscious storytellers.
AASAI includes educational and cultural programs and workshops, performances, tours, lectures, publications and other media productions. Based on over twenty years of national- and international storytelling experience in the African oral tradition, the AASAI workshops and resident programs provide training experience necessary to master the skills of storytelling. The workshops provide an :
- Introduction to the art of storytelling
- History of the African oral tradition of storytelling,
- History of the universal tradition of storytelling
- Practical steps in selecting and telling stories
- Opportunities for first hand guided instructions by an experienced storyteller
- Storytelling Imperatives in changing cultural, historical, and future environments
The residential program, is a more extended and in-depth training program. It includes an introductory workshop, which emphasizes traditional styles, phrasing, language and cultural motifs which support basic African centered values and concepts. AASAI is only one, of a few institutions in the USA, which provides exclusive training in the African/African American oral traditions of storytelling.
Programs of the African American Storytelling Arts Institute:
- African American Storytellers’ Retreat (AASR)
- SHINDU : If You Want Freedom You Have to Move Your Feet: The Afrakan Storyteller Newsletter
- Shumbaa Youth Training
- Ngoma Drum CIrcles
Several opportunities for performance storytelling, workshops, residencies and organizational training programs
CALL : 571.250.8945 email: griostoryman@gmail.com
