Kuumba Storytellers Of Georgia will share Stories in the Wild World Weekend Event at Zoo Atlanta. Kuumba Storytellers Christine Arinze, Verna Muthoni, Gwendolyn J. Napier and Kuumba’s Drummer, Brad Mason will embrace the stage on August 5, 2017 and August 6, 2017 in the Africa Plains area of the Zoo Read more…
Congratulations to ALL KUUMBA STORYTELLERS OF GEORGIA Youth Tattletales. They are Rising Up in the Community and sharing Great Stories. Great News…Youth Tattletale Jeremie Meadows has been chosen as Youth Featured Storyteller for the National Association of Black Storytellers Festival and Conference in Wichita, Kansas in November 2017. Kuumba Youth Read more…
Kuumba Storytellers of Georgia Celebrated its Annual Mama Tales Storytelling Concert on May 7th with a dedication to Kuumba Storyteller Auntie Ernestine Brown and Its 2nd Annual Papa Tales Storytelling Concert on June 11th to Kuumba Storyteller Akbar Imhotep. Both Concerts were at the Hammonds House Museum in Beautiful West Read more…
Kuumba Storytellers of Georgia Members are Back On The MEDIA SCREEN Again with Blogging Information. Time has passed from the year 2014 up to now 2017. Kuumba Storytellers Of Georgia have re-grouped in many ways. We passed on the Torch of New Officers from outgoing President Ernestine Brown and Vice President Read more…
WHERE DID THE TIME GO? It seems like yesterday when Kuumba Storytellers of Georgia and the Sudanese Families partnered together on October 26, 2013. We had a Meet and Greet session as Kuumba Storytellers of Georgia received the NSN Brimstone Grant and the rest was HISTORY. On November 13, 2013 Read more…
We are almost done! All the stories for The Sudan and African American Oral Storytelling Project have been collected. The stories are currently in the process of being translated. Over the past year Kuumba, the United Sudan and South Sudan Communities Association (USASSCA) Read more…
The Clarkston Cultural Literacy & Language Festival on Saturday, May 17, 2014 was an educational and informative success for the community. The festival is a project of the Clarkston Early Learning Network (CELN). Its purpose is to showcase Clarkston and partner storytellers who share stories in English, and other languages. Read more…
It was another wonderful day in the Clarkston Community for the Children’s Oral Storytelling Workshop. This was part of the BRIMSTONE PROJECT. We had a group that consisted of families with their children and adults. Kuumba Storytellers presented Storytelling Workshop 102 with Ernestine Brown, Laverne Amponsah, and Deborah Strahorn. Kuumba Read more…
Greetings! Kuumba & USASSCA have been busy on the Brimestone project. Two big events are in the works and upcoming for the spring. One event is another storytelling workshop by Kuumba Storytellers on April 19th, 2014. The location is TBD. The other event is the May 17 Tell Me a Read more…
Rubbing his belly to make a point, Ibrahim, a Clarkston middle school student, retold a story his grandmother told him. He told the story with great ease and some humor, all in Arabic, to a receptive audience of parents, youth, and storytellers. The storytelling event, held at the Clarkston First Read more…
