33rd Annual Black Master Storytellers FestivalLine Up Toni SimmonsValerie TutsonGran’ Daddy JuneBugKunama MtendajiNothando ZuluDr Gcina Mhlophe Previous slide Next slide Toni Simmons
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UJAMAA (Cooperative Economics) To build and maintain our own stores, shops, & other businesses to support one another and profit from them The Symbol of Ujamaa is a Nsibidi symbol of the ancient Ekoi (Ejagham) people that lived in present-day Nigeria. The symbol is two interlocking half circles symbolizing togetherness & family. Ujamaa means familyhood…
Grant provided by MSAB Supports BSA’s September 2022 Festival This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Borad (MSAB). Thanks to legislation appropriation from the arts from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
BSA Receives Support from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Funding has been provided to the Black Storytellers Alliance from the Minnesota Humanities Center thanks to the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the 2020 Coronavirus Aid, relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
BSA Receives 2021 Minnesota CARES Act Grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board (MSAB) Black Storytellers Alliance (BSA) is pleased to announce that we are one of the recipients of the 2021 Minnesota CARES Act Grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board (MSAB) “This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a…
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MRAC Equity Response Grant BSA is pleased to announce that we are one of the recipients of the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (MRAC) 2021 Equity Response grants. The grant funds the services of Beatrice and Associates to strengthen BSA’s financial structure and strategy. “This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a…
Healing Incarcerated Women Through Storytelling and SongRiham Feshir Shakopee May 22, 2019 4:00 a.m. Elisha Minter, who goes by Mother Minter, tells a story about her grand aunt’s biscuits during a performance by the Black Storytellers Alliance inside the Women’s Correctional Facility in Shakopee on March 9, 2019. Read more