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Story Tellers Bring The Power Of The Spoken Word To The Luthuli Museum

Story Tellers Bring The Power Of The Spoken Word To The Luthuli Museum

Date: 2014-03-14
Two of the five writers due at the Luthuli Museum next week will bring the power of the spoken word as 'oraturists' or story tellers to participants of the 17th annual Time of the Writer festival.

Hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts, the festival starts in Durban on March 17 and runs until 22. It provides a week-long platform for a select group of writers from South Africa, Africa and around the world to exchange ideas and participate in literary dialogue. 

The two storytellers are Nomsa Mdlalose, a South African professional who has been in the field for more than 20 years and Mshai Mwangola from Kenya. Mdlalose is the founder of a story telling organization called Kwesukela Storytelling Academy which started in 2005 and has workshops, lectured in African linguistics and has worked at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and the University of Johannesburg.

Mwangola is a Kenyan-born 'oraturist', actor and director. She holds a Bachelor of Education from Kenyatta University (Kenya), a Masters of Creative Arts from the University of Melbourne (Australia) and a PhD in Performance Studies from Northwestern University (America). The title of her dissertation ' Performing Our Stories, Performing Ourselves' best sums up her philosophy.

Also from South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal Estcourt-born Khulekani Magubane is the author of more than 16 books. His first book was published in 2004 by Felicity Keats' non-profit publishing organization called Umsinsi Press. Aimed at promoting right brain thinking, Umsinsi Press runs The Dancing Pencils Writing Club that gives young people the opportunity to learn creative writing and to have their written work published. Magubane's short novel 'Racers Rats' was launched at the Cape Town book festival in 2012.

Moving abroad to India, Satyajit Sarna was born in New Delhi but grew up in Bhutan, Iran, Switzerland and the United States. He started out as a capital markets lawyer and has since moved onto litigation. His first novel 'The Angel's Share' was published by Harper Collins India in 2012. The novel is a sharp look at the corporate world view. 

The event begins at 10.30am and lasts until 12noon. Learners from local schools will participated in a question and answer session with the authors and budding writers and poets will be given a platform to perform their work afterwards.

For more information about this programme contact Luthuli Museum Education Officer Clinton Taylor or Heritage Officer Thulani Thusi on 032559 6822. Interested members of the public can go to the website https://www.cca.ukzn.ac.za.