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Teaching Africa Day: Storytelling through the Ages–Past, Present, and Future
September 7 @ 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Teaching Africa Day is an interactive family-friendly event raising students’ awareness about Africa!
Teaching Africa Day is an annual, interactive, family-friendly event that brings together educational resources on Africa’s rich cultural heritage. Now in its 9th year, Teaching Africa Day provides a platform for educators, families, and the DMV community to showcase books, films, games, programs, and other resources on Africa and its rich and vibrant heritage in one place. Through an intergenerational panel discussion, readings, performances, an African marketplace, and artmaking workshops, Teaching Africa Day offers diverse narratives to teach, engage, and increase students’ appreciation for the Arts of Africa.
Saturday Sept. 7, 11am–5pm at the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building
Parade of Flags
Welcome
Marketplace featuring educational resource and cultural arts and crafts
Artmaking workshops focused on African proverbs, beads, weaving, doll making, and painting
Story Reading
Lunch Provided
Dance Performance
Professional Storyteller
Moderated Panel Discussion “Diaspora Stories of the DMV”
Dance Performance
Program Concludes
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