Village theatre in Africa is based on the tried and true traditions of music‚ song‚ dance‚ and drama. This produced a fertile foundation for the development of urban contemporary theatrics. Theatric entrepreneurs built upon the traditional village storytelling and borrowed production styles from the European productions performed in West African urban areas in the 20s and ’30s. Concert productions traveled in Togo and Ghana. During the 50s the Ghanaian “Trios” appeared with Bob Cole and his company
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Kathryn Rodgers Take-Home Essay‚ Test 1 October 20‚ 2014 The Bull Lyre and The People of Ur The Bull Lyre was discovered in Iraq in 1929 by the archeologist‚ Sir Leonard Woolley. In 1926 Leonard Woolley had been elected by the Pennsylvanian and British museums of Archeology and Anthropology to lead an excavation that would examine the surrounding area of the mysterious ziggurat of Ur. Along with his team of excavators‚ Woolley was the first to unearth the “Royal Cemetery” of Ur‚ a mass grave
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students) as a university professor in revolutionary Iran‚ and connects these experiences to texts as diverse as Jane Austen ’s Pride and Prejudice to the classic folktale A Thousand and One Nights. In the same vein‚ I have centred this unit around storytelling and storytellers‚ with the hope that students will gain an appreciation for the inherent power given to those who write and tell stories‚ and how readers can disrupt or challenge that power through critical questions and knowledge of literary techniques
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presenting • Think in words rather than pictures • Learn best through verbal lectures‚ discussions‚ talking things through and listening to what others have to say • Have auditory skills demonstrated in listening‚ speaking‚ writing‚ storytelling‚ explaining‚ teaching‚ using humour‚ understanding the syntax and meaning of words‚ remembering information‚ arguing their point of view‚ and analysing language usage Kinaesthetic learners tend to: • Learn through moving‚ doing and
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Women’s role in Things fall apart. Igbo women reveals itself to be prematurely simplistic as well as limiting‚ once the reader uncovers the diverse roles of the Ibo women throughout the novel. An excellent example of powerful women in the Ibo village is found in the role they play in the Ibo religion. The women routinely perform the role of priestess. The narrator recalls that during Okonkwo’s boyhood‚ "the priestess in those days was woman called Chika. She was full of the power of her god
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The 1950 film Rashomon Akira Kurosawa is set in medieval Japan on a stormy crime ridden day. A man has been found dead in the forest and three eye witnesses of the murder are reported. However‚ their accounts of what happened seriously contradict each other. The movie symbolizes how easily distorted the writing of history can be through the use of credibility‚ differing points of view‚ as well as compare and contrasting‚ which are all crucial tools historians use to reconstruct the past. The use
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Personally‚ I prefered the spoken version of “Polly Anderson’s Christmas Party” over the written version. I find that Stuart McLean has a way of bringing the story to life by using several storytelling techniques which makes the narrative far more enjoyable to listen to and much easier to understand. First of all‚ Stuart McLean is the author of this story and undoubtedly knows the characters very well; that is shown mainly by the way he alters his own voice to suit the personalities of each individual
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is that Animation combines all my artistic interests; drawing‚ acting‚ filmmaking and storytelling. I have been drawing since I turned 5 and it has always made me happy. In the meantime I had been attending a Drama Club for about 8 years. By that time acting and drawing had become my main hobbies but my curious personality made me discover even more forms of art. This was when I started filmmaking and storytelling. Nowadays I have been working as a graphic designer‚ an animator as a member of the
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Isolation‚ in medical psychology‚ is defined as the state or quality of being alone away from others. According to Corey‚ psychoanalytic theory defines isolation as a defense mechanism that emphasizes on keeping negative cognitions and feelings from influencing other thoughts and feelings (57). Isolation‚ therefore‚ is more of a psychological process that creators of psychological horror often exploit to create horrifying films. This paper investigates the effects of isolation on the mental processes
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Mrs.Prathibha Rani 2 CONTENTS 1. Communicate Your Strategy Clearly 2. The Impact of Strategic Storytelling 3. Setting Clear and Achievable Goals 4. Teach Managers How to Think‚ Not What to Think 5. Matching People to Strategy 6. Satisfying Your Customers
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