Duppy Stories 2022

Duppy Story Sessions 

Exploring oral traditions of the afterlife

 

Duppy Story Sessions - Exploring oral traditions of the afterlife

We will be treated to academic and creative expressions of African and Caribbean thought during August 2022. Below is an overview of the sessions. Nakuona have commissioned new African and Caribbean stories and music from the African Diaspora.

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Session admission:Feel free to make a donation to the session or to pay £5 if you are employed. The proceeds go towards future Duppy Stories and Nakuona events.

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Zoom link: Nakuona will send you the link for the sessions 2 days before the start date of each session.

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Below is an overview of the sessions.

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Week 1 - Friday 5th August 2022 - 7 pm - 8.30 pm

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Spirituality before slavery - An overview of African spiritual worship acknowledgement of the Ancestors and ritual practices. 

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Hosted by Sue Brown and Dr Judith Bruce- Golding 

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- Historian: Onyeka Nubia

- Storytellers for the evening: 
Horlene Hanlan and Sogolon Jaya.

- Music throughout the session is by Millicent Chapanda and Steve Tchoumba.

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Week 2 - Friday 12th August 2022 - 7 pm - 8.30 pm

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Spirituality and slavery - The impact of colonialism on African spirituality. 

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Hosted by Sue Brown and Dr Judith Bruce- Golding 

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-Art Reflections from Professor Pamela Lawton 

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- Storytellers for the evening: Jesse Wilson and and Elaine Yap. 

- Music throughout the session is by Millicent Chapanda and Steve Tchoumba.

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Week 3 - Friday 19th August 2022 - 7 pm - 8.30 pm

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Spirituality and the afterlife - Ways of remembering and communicating with the afterlife in our modern-day existence.

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Hosted by Sue Brown and Dr Judith Bruce- Golding 

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- Storytellers for the evening: Wendy Shearer and Horlene Hanlan

- Music throughout the session is by Millicent Chapanda and Steve Tchoumba.

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Week 4 - Friday 26th August 2022 - 7 pm - 8.30 pm

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Spirituality and contemporary thought (Bringing us to the now) How the 'good' ways of acknowledging the afterlife became an expression of 'evil.' 

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Hosted by Sue Brown and Dr Judith Bruce- Golding

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- Historian: Onyeka Nubia

- Storytellers for the evening: Amanda Haynes and Sakura.

- Music throughout the session is by Millicent Chapanda and Steve Tchoumba.

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BSL Friendly: Each session will have a British Sign Language Interpreter.

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We are pleased that our “Duppy Stories’ African and Caribbean oral traditions project has been supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

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