Black Folktales from Africa to South Carolina

Join Damon Fordham for this presentation on folklore, and learn the part these stories played in the humor, resilience, philosophy, and instruction of a people.

These are stories gathered from storytellers during Fordham’s visits to West Africa, which has a long tradition of storytellers as spoken word historians and guardians of history and life lessons, as well as the tales he heard growing up among his elders in South Carolina.

Presented by Professor Damon Fordham and South Carolina Humanities.

The mission of South Carolina Humanities is to enrich the cultural and intellectual lives of all South Carolinians. This not-for-profit organization presents and/or supports literary initiatives, lectures, exhibits, festivals, publications, oral history projects, videos and other humanities-based experiences that reach more than 250,000 citizens annually. South Carolina Humanities receives funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities as well as corporate, foundation and individual donors. It is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors comprised of community leaders from throughout the state.