A Word About Our Storytelling Groups …
Every year, Stillwaters Storytelling Collective recruits 2 to 3 new African-descended storytellers into a ‘core group’. The core group collectively chooses a medium of storytelling and four topics to concentrate on over a 12-14 month period. For the first 6 months, the women privately workshop their stories and then they “go public” with their stories, organising public events around these topics for anyone to attend and contribute.
In 2012, the collective bid farewell to Tinashe Pwiti and Tariro Mavondo, the founding core group members of the Stillwaters Storytelling Collective. Sista Zai remained in the collective and recruited Cece Ojany and Wadzi Machena. With the changeover, the medium of storytelling has now shifted from just public performance to also incorporate contemporary African women’s writing.
Do You Want to Join Our Storytelling Groups …
You may want to read what our 2011, 2012 and 2013 Core Groups have done. If this inspires you or you think you can contribute to our programming with new and interesting topics and themes, then … Yay! Please send us an email at stillwaterswomen@gmail.com with “Join Core Group” in the subject field. Then we can get the application process started.
If you are storyteller (poet, visual artist, photographer etc) looking to perform and work as a Friend of Stillwaters, please watch this show reel of our performance at La Mama Courthouse, Stillwaters and (some) Friends. If you like what you see and still want to be involved, please contact us at stillwaterswomen@gmail.com with “Become a Friend of Stillwaters” in the subject field. Then we can get the application process started.
