Master Folklorist Chief Amu has collected over 500 traditional and new stories based on continental African concepts and values, observations and social commentary. For the past 40 years in Ghana, London, Scotland and mainly the rest of world.

Chief Amu shared his stories, both illustrative, narrative and interactive, with participants from nursery, primary schools, secondary schools, colleges, church groups, community groups, universities and corporate team building workshops.

Chief Amu was born and brought up in Lagos Town Accra in Ghana, but his cultural roots are with the Ewe village in the Volta Region of the country. He sees himself as a tradition bearer and hisDecorative Arts and cultural Heritage work as symbolic way of communication and sharing new exposure to cultural values with valuable clarity in good faith..

Chief Amu is always happy to be part of positive community building projects by invitation only.

Predating the written word by millennia, the oral tradition was the primary method of preserving and relating history and culture throughout much of the world. It continues in the diverse countries of Africa, where, using the medium of storytelling, the oral tradition of passing down heritage, memories and learning remains strong.  Storytellers are often revered as the repositories of oral tradition and are sometimes seen as leaders due to their customary positions as advisors to African royals.

Storytellers often use symbols such as animals, birds and colours in their narrations, which often take the form of fables, and many storytellers are also proficient musicians and use those skills to enhance their performances.

Here, Chief Amu relates a few of those wonderful tales to tell us about how birds learnt to fly, the good panther, free range eggs, the African magician and the magic drums.

Told and performed by
Chief Gift Amu – Logotse

 

 

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