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African Life Project
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The African story telling tradition emphasised the peculiarity of
its content and form as well as its entertainment and pedagogical
values. The Story Telling workshops received a lot of interest from
participants who were taken through African story telling sections
loaded with symbolic animal characters used as satires on society.
Participants’ attention was drawn to the moral lessons to be drawn
from the stories as they are considered as the most important
reasons for telling the stories.
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Conference
Specific objectives of the Conference were:
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To commemorate the Black History Month (2004), the Management and,
staff of AHEC sought to employ informal education methods and extra
curricular activities, not only to help African children and young
people to build their self-esteem and confidence through the
celebration of their identity, but also to foster cross-cultural
understanding and inter-ethnic harmony in the predominantly diverse
cultural environment prevalent in our schools and neighbourhoods.
The “adinkra” printing, which is a powerful tool of non-verbal
communication among the Akans of Ghana. The workshops involved an
explanation of the history and development of the “adinkra” symbols,
and their use as a means of non-verbal communication. Participants
were made to draw and produce some of the symbols on their own.
Practical hands-on approach was adopted to engage participants in
printing sample “adinkra” cloths. The use of the cloths for special
occasions like funerals and festivals was also explained.
The Naming ceremony and the unique way of choosing names and
appellations for new born babies. This involved dramatic
demonstrative performances of the naming ceremonies of new born
babies. The resource person then explained the various ways of
choosing appropriate names for babies.
A conference was held to crown the activities of the project, a
conference under the theme of “Diversity and Culture”, held on 16th
January 2004 at the Epicentre. The conference was broadly aimed at
providing a platform for professionals working in the fields of
Education, Health, Youth, Social Services, and members of the BME
communities in Waltham Forest, to examine and share ideas on best
practice in service delivery on culture and diversity issues.