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A Mixed Medicine Bag:
Original Black Wampanoag Folklore (Paperback) |
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Author:
Mwalim
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0966242812
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How did the turtle get its shell?
How does one become a millionaire? Why do roosters crow at the sun?
Where do Backwoods people come from? Open A Mixed Medicine Bag and
you just may find the answers, in this witty and entertaining
collection of verbal-to-literary jazz, funk'n folklore. Originally
released as a chapbook of seven stories in 1998, this edition A
Mixed Medicine Bag contains 15 original Black Wampanoag folk-tales
taken from the award-winning storytelling performances of Mwalim
*7); one of the contemporary masters of the oral tradition. Drawing
from his Eastern Native American, West Indian, and African American
storytelling traditions, Mwalim *7) has shared his original lore
with audiences at powwows, festivals, colleges, churches, community
centers, schools, theatres, jails, street corners, night clubs, and
coffeehouses throughout the USA and Canada for over eighteen years.
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"A Mixed Medicine Bag
brings together the voices of African and Native American
storytellers through this young griot. Mwalim *7 )'s tales
honor the ancestors." --Abiodun Oyewole of The Last Poets
"Mwalim's brand of storytelling is a unique and engaging
blend of social commentary, intertwined with wry humor for
all ages." --Ed Bullins, Renowned Playwright, Distinguished
Artist-In-Residence, Northeastern University
"Mwalim is a Native-Afro street poet and storyteller whose
flow takes you through the valleys and mountains of a world
as experienced by a Black Wampanoag Warrior who keeps it
real all of the time!" --Cedric "Qaqeemasq" Cromwell
(Running Bear), Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council Board
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