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Fireside Stories from an American Griot: Heroes and Our Heritage

$11.95
  • Fireside Stories from an American Griot: Heroes and Our Heritage

Fireside Stories from an American Griot: Heroes and Our Heritage

$11.95

  • *Please note: the streamable audio files will be available in My Library upon purchase. 

    Bring the griot storytelling tradition into your homes and classrooms! Listen as masterful storyteller Dr. Anika Prather dramatically retells eight biographies that have been tailored to students in grades 3 to 6 but are of interest to all ages. The narratives impart a rich cultural experience, bringing to life Phillis Wheatley, Frederick Douglass, Anna Julia Cooper, and others whose lives serve as virtuous exemplars on some of the most difficult pages of American history. Including an introduction to the griot storytelling tradition and an account of how Negro spirituals have enriched the American story, this recorded collection will enrich any curriculum that makes use of biographies for virtue formation and the cultivation of moral imagination. With the power to inspire, direct, move, and mature the hearer, these beautiful recordings will be an indispensable addition to any learning library.

    List of Recordings:
    Stories 1 Griot Storyteller
    Stories 2 Terence
    Stories 3 Phillis Wheatley
    Stories 4 Frank Snowden
    Stories 5 Anna Julia Cooper
    Stories 6 Frederick Douglass
    Stories 7 Nannie Helen Burroughs
    Stories 8 MLK
    Stories 9 Stowe Sojourner
    Stories 10 Negro Spirituals

  • Online audio file

    ISBN: 9781600516917

    Access available through My Library.

  • Anika Prather PhD, Author

    Anika Prather PhD

    Dr. Anika T. Prather earned her B.A. from Howard University in elementary education as well as a Masters in liberal arts from St. John’s College (Annapolis) and a PhD in English, Theatre, and Literacy Education from the University of Maryland (College Park). Her research focus is on building literacy with African American students through engagement in the books of the Canon. She self-published her book Living in the Constellation of the Canon: The Lived Experiences of African American Students Reading Great Books Literature. She has served as a teacher, supervisor for student teachers, director of education, head of school, and a professor of Humanities in the English Department at Howard University. With her husband Damon, she founded The Living Water School, located in southern Maryland and attended by their three children. Anika is a popular speaker and has shared about classical Christian education with audiences at many organizations, including Great Hearts Academies, the Society for Classical Learning, St. John’s College, and the Classic Learning Test.

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