Alafia good people: I am an African American woman elder (69 years old) with over 40 years experience as a storyteller, writer, teacher, and ritual theater director. In this day and time when audiences are conditioned by nanosecond news, it is important that the storytelling art be revived. I would like to confer with other tellers on our ability to address important issues using myth, folklore, fairy tales and oral history. The subjects i love to address include but are not limited to: Cultures of the African diaspora. Goddesses of the World. Tales about Nature. Scary stories. Mythological romance. Children's stories (I'm writing a series right now) Life cycle stories. If any of these interest you. Let us sit around an open fire under a full moon and share our work and aspirations. Thank you for your consideration.. Luisah Teish