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E3S1: Award-winning Black Storytellers Valerie Tutson and Len Cabral

January 21, 2023 Clarissa J. Walker, PhD Season 1 Episode 3
E3S1: Award-winning Black Storytellers Valerie Tutson and Len Cabral
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Story Culture Live Podcast
E3S1: Award-winning Black Storytellers Valerie Tutson and Len Cabral
Jan 21, 2023 Season 1 Episode 3
Clarissa J. Walker, PhD

It's not a game, ya'll.  Black storytelling is a calling, a balm, but it is also a career. In this episode, we learn more about the essential role of black storytelling from tellers Len Cabral and Valerie Tutson.   For Len, storytelling breathes life in a lush Cape Verdean family legacy that goes back as far as the 1800s. To Val, who identifies as a biracial, storytelling was the deliberation space of her childhood,  the place where she engaged her embattled family legacies. Len and Val affirm that our storytelling chronicles, heals, and bridges generations. 

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It's not a game, ya'll.  Black storytelling is a calling, a balm, but it is also a career. In this episode, we learn more about the essential role of black storytelling from tellers Len Cabral and Valerie Tutson.   For Len, storytelling breathes life in a lush Cape Verdean family legacy that goes back as far as the 1800s. To Val, who identifies as a biracial, storytelling was the deliberation space of her childhood,  the place where she engaged her embattled family legacies. Len and Val affirm that our storytelling chronicles, heals, and bridges generations.