The 30th Annual Black Master Storytelling Festival Signifyin’ & Testifyin’ is coming soon to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Come and join us for a free festival of storytelling, song and dance from a traditional African / African American perspective. This is a family friendly event that will be both educational and entertaining. This years festival will have a large variety of storytellers from across the United States spanning three days.
Featured Story Tellers
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Daily Line Up
* ASL for all daily line up activities will be provided by Sister Jamillah Hollman and Sister Rosalinda Estrada-Alvarez.
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Saturday, April 10, 2021 – 6 PM (CDT):
- Black National Anthem: Lift Every Voice & Sing – Brothers Ghana M’Baye, Joshua Gillespie & Atiba Kwabena Wilson
- Sister Beverly Cottman – Libation – Minneapolis, MN
- Sister Danielle Daniel – Mistress of Ceremony – Minneapolis, MN
- Sister Gwen Matthews & Brother Robert “Eddie” Robinson – Vocalists – Minneapolis, MN
- Mama Koku – Master Storyteller – Atlanta, GA
- LaZya Smith – Youth Storyteller – Minneapolis, MN
- Brother Oba William King – Master Storyteller – Dallas, TX
- Brother Len Cabral – Master Storyteller – Cranston, RI
- Sister Kathy Culmer – Master Storyteller – Dallas, TX
- Sister Gwen Matthews & Brother Robert “Eddie” Robinson – Vocalists – Minneapolis, MN
Saturday, April 17, 2021 – 6 PM (CDT):
- Black National Anthem: Lift Every Voice & Sing – Brothers Ghana M’Baye, Joshua Gillespie & Atiba Kwabena Wilson
- Sister Beverly Cottman – Libation – Minneapolis, MN
- Sister Danielle Daniel – Mistress of Ceremony – Minneapolis, MN
- Sister Gwen Matthews & Brother Robert “Eddie” Robinson – Vocalists – Minneapolis, MN
- Brother Atiba Kwabena Wilson – Master Jali – Harlem, NY
- Brother Chiagoziem Anigbogu – Storyteller – St. Paul, MN
- Sister Gwen Matthews & Brother Robert “Eddie” Robinson – Vocalist – Minneapolis, MN
- Sister Toni Simmons – Master Storyteller – Dallas, TX
- Brother Dylan Pritchett – Master Storyteller – Newport News, VA
- Sister Gwen Matthews & Brother Robert “Eddie” Robinson – Vocalists – Minneapolis, MN
Sunday, April 25, 2021 – 4 PM (CDT):
- Black National Anthem: Lift Every Voice & Sing – Brothers Ghana M’Baye, Joshua Gillespie & Atiba Kwabena Wilson
- Sister Beverly Cottman – Libation – Minneapolis, MN
- Sister Danielle Daniel – Mistress of Ceremony – Minneapolis, MN
- Sister Gwen Matthews & Brother Robert “Eddie” Robinson – Vocalists – Minneapolis, MN
- Brother David Hurst – Storyteller – Minneapolis, MN
- Sister Valerie Tutson – Master Storyteller – Providence, RI
- Sister Gwen Matthews & Brother Robert “Eddie” Robinson – Vocalists – Minneapolis, MN
- Brother Joshua Gilespie – Storyteller – Minneapolis, MN
- Sister Gwen Matthews & Brother Robert “Eddie” Robinson – Vocalists – Minneapolis, MN
- Sister Nothando Zulu – Master Storyteller – Minneapolis, MN
