For ten years, Mary Jo has performed 2,000 shows in schools, libraries, on PBS, and at the Doggone and Three Apples Storytelling Festivals. A gifted musician and mesmerizing weaver of stories. Antonia Golinski-Foisy, Children's Librarian. Raouf Mama specializes in African storytelling and the use of stories as multicultural teaching and learning tools. Lectures and workshops on the connection between African literature and African folklore and on the power of folktales as multicultural teaching and learning tools, especially as tools for teaching literacy skills, creative writing, and public speaking.
All Fees vary.
She uses song, dance, and audience participation. Her stories travel to far-off countries, into your playful imagination, and around the recycling bin. Experienced storyteller, TAG teacher, Master Teaching Artist, and Performing Artist with the Connecticut Commission on the Arts. Available summers and evenings. Background includes the syndicated ABC TV show, Hot Fudge .