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Kwao and the Tortoise
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| Sound recording, story; Kwao and the Tortoise, a folk tale, trickster tale and story about storytelling from Ghana told by Amoafi Kwapong, performing as the group Common Lore as part of an evening of storytelling, in The First International Storytelling Festival at Battersea Arts Centre, London, 30th January 1985 | |
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| Story told by Amoafi Kwapong. A story about pride. A great hunter finds a singing tortoise, who is singing about how trouble doesn't go looking for man, but that man goes looking for trouble. The hunter takes the tortoise to the chief of his village, but the tortoise refuses to sing. The hunter is executed, and only then does the tortoise sing. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
| recording quality | |
| condition:- | fair |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 12 minutes, 37 seconds |
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| Members of the group Common Lore at that time included Kevin Graal, Rick Wilson, Helen East and Amoafi Kwapong. | |
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| Common Lore was formed in 1981. Founding members included Kevin Graal, Helen East and Rick Wilson. In 1986 Jan Blake joined, and by 1987 the group comprised 12-20, or more, storytellers, musicians and performers. Additional members of Common Lore at some point included Amoafi Kwapong, Viv Corringham and Kate Corkerry. | |
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| The First International Storytelling Festival took place at Battersea Arts Centre, (Venue Director Jude Kelly) London, in 1985, and was the first international festival of storytelling held in the UK. It ran for 7 days, from Monday Jan 28th to Sunday Feb 3rd. The festival was initiated and directed by Ben Haggarty who had been involved in running the West London Storytelling unit and Storytelling Unit Clubnights since 1982/1983. It was funded by a guarantee against loss from the GLC. The festival programmed included performances for adult audiences, talks and lectures, school sessions, a festival 'clubnight' and a teacher's conference on Storytelling in Education. | |
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| storytelling:- | storytelling group: Common Lore |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller: Amoafi Kwapong; Abenaa Kwapong female / Ghanaian |
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| origin:- | Ghana, Africa |
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| images of Common Lore mid 1980s | |
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| images of Amoafi Kwapong performing during the festival | |
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| Festival poster | |
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| biography for Amoafi Kwapong printed in the festival flyer | |
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| biography for Common Lore printed in the festival flyer | |
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| festival flyer front cover | |
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| festival flyer showing introduction | |
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| festival flyer showing festival timetable | |
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| festival flyer full page spread showing artists biographies | |
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| festival flyer back cover showing booking and access details for the festival advertisments and acknowledgments | |
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| additional festival flyer in orginal format ready for photcopying | |
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| Click to enlarge images | |
| associated:- |
storyteller; musician: Rick Wilson
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storyteller; musician: Kevin Graal
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storyteller: Helen East
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| programming:- |
Festival Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty |
| storytelling:- |
Lavender Hill, London, England: Battersea Arts Centre
30 Jan 1985 festival: The First International Storytelling Festival |
| gift from:- |
storyteller: Marian Oughton |
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