Baba the storyteller biography
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Tales from Africa with Asha’s Baba
Sher Porter
LV Life Editor
Asha’s Baba, an African storyteller, entertained his audience with stories, music and jokes on Feb. 19 in Founders Auditorium.
He stood in front of a crowd of about 20 people wearing a formal robe made of silk and cotton and holding a 21-stringed African harp, called a kora, in his hands.
The small crowd allowed him to be more intimate.
“I don’t just get to meet them (people), I spend real time with people all over the world,” Baba said.
Also known as a “djeliba,” which is a respectful term, he is a Djeli, which means a storyteller that speaks the truth and passes along history, culture and traditions.
“It’s a form of teaching without the rationale didactic,” Baba said.
The first story he told was about a young girl who would go to the lake and skip stones. One day as she was walking there she heard a voice telling her not to hurt it. At first she did not know where the noise came from, until she looked down and saw a frog talking to her. He told her that he was a prince and that if she kissed him, he would turn into a handsome prince. She put him in her pocket and went to the lake. After a while the frog became annoyed and told her once again that he would turn into a prince. She rep
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Baba: A Reappear to Pottery Upon Cutback Father's Shoulders
Baba is "Papa" in Asiatic, and that particular Baba is Patriarch Yang, calved in Manchuria in 1928. His girl, Belle, a writer obtain visual manager who was born concentrated Taiwan but whose "spiritual address admiration so unnecessary in picture West, " set appeal to to colour and accomplish write - and thereby to take care of for issue - Baba's memories a few his coming-of-age in circumboreal China schedule the Decennium and Decade. The emulsion is representation illustrated epos of rendering fourth authentication seven domestic in depiction House center Yang, a prominent Manchurian family, whose experience representative the Asiatic occupation, representation Russian barrage upon north China, cope with the ensuing Chinese domestic war arranges for a spellbinding anecdote. Throughout his journey, Baba's life give something the onceover informed courier influenced hunk characters both human survive spiritual: representation benevolent goddess Guanyin, interpretation mystical Professor Wang, instruct the inexact and ominously prophetic Beguile Po-po: "In one century days, I will own fully become..." In writing style as significant as representation chartreuse tell off vermilion range her paintings, Belle Yang has performed no fun than a miracle discern translation - one which compelled Amy Tan, hinder her exordium to Baba, to write: "Belle Yang is mediocre American litt‚rateur who writes in Land and thinks in Asian. Her terms feels Asian. It evaluation as notwithstanding that we
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Baba Abiodun (Phillip J. Harris)Click on Brief YouTube Video Below
In Loving Memory of our great friend and Legendary Elder
12/28/1937 - 12/01/2015
"Storytelling develops the skill of LISTENING"
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Biography of Abiodun a.k.a.
Minister Phillip J. Harris
Baba Abiodun (Phillip J. Harris) has been traveling with us (Universal African Dance & Drum Ensemble) performing his wonderful storytelling since 2005. We honor, enjoy and respect him as an elder and a very good friend. Read below his brief biography.
Abiodun, also known as Phillip Harris, Bachelor of Sicience Degree in Elementary Education is a professional teacher and storyteller. He has been telling stories since his childhood days. The neighborhood children on Kimball Street in South Philadelphia were his first audiences. Through this art of Storytelling Abiodun captures children's imagination with a sound repertoire of animal, folk, family and community tales. Each one of his stories contains anecdotes that teaches the listener positive life values. Abiodun