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Storyteller Gcina Mhlophe Shares Tales About Preserving Nature
Popular and talented storyteller Gcina Mhlophe will be sharing tales about preserving nature in the coming weeks.
Mhlophe, best known for izingwanekwane (African traditional folk tales), is scheduled to perform storytelling sessions to teach communities about preserving the Earth at the two-week 17th Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP17) that starts on Monday.
African culture teaches children that they must not listen to tales during the day because they will “grow horns”, but Mhlophe has encouraged many storytelling enthusiasts, who are inspired by her zest for the oral tradition.
I recall waking up every Saturday morning and running to my hi-fi to hear Mhlophe tell the stories of The Princess and the Frog and The Singing Chameleon.
I was seven and it was music to my ears.
So it’s on the basis of my experience that I predict that this is going to be an electrifying experience for young children – and the young at heart.
Mhlophe is well known and respected for keeping history alive in the oral tradition.
Talking about the climate change conference, she said her role was to teach people about the importance of preserving nature.
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