MY AFRICAN DRESS

Dear Friends,

Thank you very much for your lovely gift. As you can see, I managed to make my own African dress with your designs and suggestions. I hope you like it as much as I do, cause I love it !!!!

Thanks again.

Love

Laura

THIS SONG GOES TO THE CHILDREN AT THE CITY OF REFUGE ORPHANAGE.

SOMME COMMENTS BY THE PARTICIPANTS ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

- I was able to discover that I have hidden talents in storytelling, advert making and acting. I would never have discovered this but for this workshop and I'd like to say a big THANK YOU.

- I got to learn some techniques that will aid me in teaching and easy ways to communicate with the kids through storytelling....I hope there will be more of these workshops in the future.

The programme was interesting from the fist day to the last day..... The activities are son interesting and funny which make teaching and learning so easy. It motivates pupils interest... I say I'm hapy to be part of the workshop.

- I was a great workshop. I personally have learnt a lot and I promise to give it back in my profession and in my daily activities.

- In the course of the training I was taught different methodological approach to teach s story in my class.... I achieved a lot at the end of the training and wished that it never came to an end. I promised to translate what I have learnt to my pupils.

- I really had a swell time and enjoyed the programme, I wish to participate in a programme like this again.

- From the first day to the last I enjoyed all the activities which caught my attention because children need this.

- On the whole, this workshop is very educative. I pray such should be organize sometime in the future.

- The activities woke up in me the creative tendencies which remind me that I can become an author one day. The workshop helped me to mix up with people with different race and cultures.

BE TRUTHFUL ALWAYS. A NIGERIAN TALE BY REGINA

Once upon a time, in a small remote village called Nkono there lived two boys named Ika and Eka who were identical twins. Ika was known to be a very humble and polite boy while Eka was known to be an arrogant and impolite boy. Due to their resemblance, many people could not identify them, so it caused a lot of problems to people in the village except their parents, who knew them well.

One day, Ika and Eka went out with their catapult to aim at killing animals. Eka got bored at aiming animals, so he turned and started aiming at people. He aimed at an old woman right on her forhead. When Eka realised what he had done, he ran away. The woman dropped what she was carrying and screamed in pain "Oh, oh, oh, my head, my head, somebody help me"

Everyone rushed to the scene and asked the old woman what had happened and she narrated it. She was asked if she could identify the person. She pointed her finger towards Ika and shouted "see him, see him, he is the one".

Ika was caught but pleaded that the was innocent, but the old woman was still insistin that he was the one.

Suddenly, a young man came up, dragging Eka and said: "no, leave him, I saw it al, this is the one who did it."

Everyone saw their striking resemblance and were amazed. They left Ika but dealt with Eka. Eka changed from that day and he was like his brother Ika.

Song:

Idiok mkpo ifiono, idiok nkpo ifiono,

ifiono oioo inam idiok nkpo, idiok

nkpo ifiono, ifiono owo ndi inam idiok

nkpo ifiono idiok nkpo ifiono.

Translation:

Wickedness is not good, wickedness

is not good. Don't be wicked there

is no reward. Eka, don't be wicked,

ther is no reward.

THURSDAY NIGHT. ROBIN HOOD STORYTELLING AT CASALINDA

THE TORTOISE. A NIGERIAN TALE BY CAROLINE

One upon a time, there was starvation and hunger in the animal kingdom, the tortoise being a smart and cunning animal suggested to the other animals, that in the neigbouring villages there were always merriment and parting. All the animals decided to attend all the parties at the other villages.

At the party the host will serve all the animals together say the food and drinks is for all of you. As the animals attended about five parties, the tortoise brought in the credy part of his life because he was not always satisfied with the portion given to him.

So when the animal got back to their village, the tortoise invited all the other animals informing them that there will be a change in his name call: All of you.

There was another party in the sky and the tortoise has no wings to fly, so he borrow wings legs and other tihings to enable him attend. At the party the host brought the entertainment as usual and said: Is for All of you. Then tortoise announced to other animals that as you all know All of you was his name, so the entertainment belongs to him. All the other animals waited till the end of the party, nothing was given to them, they all were annoyed and every other animal decided to collect what ever they borrowed the tortoise.

The tortoise couldn't go back, so he begged one of the animals to tell his wife to spread a big blanket so that when he is falling from the sky he will not fall on the bare ground, the wife obeyed, but other animals planned for him, so when they say the tortoise falling from the sky they quickly removed the blanket. So the tortoise fell down and broke his shell.

A NIGERIAN TALE BY BOLA

An old woman who has a goat and a little grandson called Ojo. The old woman cares for both the goat and Ojo and there was a day when the Old woman wants to go to the market. She cooked jam porage and said to the grandson that until she returned from the market, before they will all eat and ask Ojo to go to the farm and get some fire wood while the goat was tied. But Ojo hid behind the house and wait for his grandma to go to the market and as soon as the grandma left, he sinck into the house and ate all the porage and broke the mud pot hanged it in the goat neck, rub his oily hand on the goat's mouth. The Old woman returned from the market tired and hungry and see her cooking mud pot hanged on the goat's neck. She was annoyed and she starts to beat the goat. Amazingly te goat started to talk and the Old woman was shock and surprised, and draged the goat to the village square.

Everyone there couldn't believe what they heard a goat sing.

The song goes this way:

E mi a gboo emi a gboo

a a emi a gbo Ojo fi oioo

epo bo mi lenu

a a emi agbo O Fi agba

gba bo mi lorun a a a

emi a gbo Ojo ro pe eran

ko ki insoro a a a emi a gbo

Translation:

Listen, listen to me

listen, listen to me

Ojo thought animals don't talk

He ate and breake the pot

listen, listen to me

he hang and rub my mouth

with oily hand so as to

convince grandma that I ate the porage