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Ananse and the Sky God
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| an Ananse story | |
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| Sound recording, story; a version of Ananse and the Sky God, an Ananse story, a trickster tale and how and why or aetiological tale from Africa, told by Amoafi Kwapong in The First International Storytelling Festival at Battersea Arts Centre, London, 1st February 1985 | |
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| A story told by Amoafi Kwapong, about Ananse tricking bees, a dwarf, a tiger and a python into being captured so that he can take them as gifts to God. In return God demands that stories about Ananse are to be told, rather than stories about God. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
| recording quality | |
| condition:- | fair |
| completeness:- | incomplete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 16 minutes, 58 seconds |
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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:- |
storyteller: Amoafi Kwapong; Abenaa Kwapong female / Ghanaian |
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| origin:- | Jamaica Caribbean Ghana, Africa |
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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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| 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 | |
| programming:- |
Festival Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty |
| storytelling:- |
Lavender Hill, London, England: Battersea Arts Centre
01 Feb 1985 festival: The First International Storytelling Festival |
| gift from:- |
storyteller: Marian Oughton |
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