Braima Moiwai - West African Artist and Storyteller
Professional Experience
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Artist in residence with Durham Arts Council's "creative arts in the public schools (CAPS), Durham County, NC since 1987-present · Black History month celebration, Hofwyl Plantation, Brunswick, Ga. (1998- present) · Stone Mountain Park, Atlanta, GA · Caw Caw Interpretive Center, Charleston, SC · Civil Rights Museum, Savannah, Ga · N.C Museum of Arts, Raleigh, NC · Hayti Heritage Center, Durham, NC · Oxford Housing Authority, Oxford, NC · Mary Porter Elementary School, Oxford, NC · Pittsboro Elememtary School, Pittsboro, NC · Grady Brown Elementary School, Hillsborough, NC · Efland Cheek Elementary School, Efland, NC · Standback Middle School, Hillsborough, NC · Johnson County Schools, united Ats Council, Clayton, NC Gullah musician in the American Revolutionary movie, the Patriot with Mel Gibson · Drum circles at UNC Burn Center, Chapel Hill, NC · African connection week at University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
· Guest lecturer on African and African-American history, and teaching a unit on oral traditions at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (2001-present) · Riverside High School, Durham, NC · Storyteller in FUNDA fest, Rhode Island, 2003 · Performances in public and private schools in Thetford, VT and Hanover, NH · Gullah heritage celebration, St Helena, SC · UNC hospital school, Chapel Hill, NC · UNC Global Center, Chapel Hill, NC · Performance and Workshops at the Arts Center, Carrboro, Chapel Hill, NC · Workshops with special population children at the Parks and Rec, Durham, NC since 1996-present · Storytelling performance at Brunswick Public Library, Feb, 2008 · Storytelling workshops at Public Library, Darian, Ga. Since 1998- present · Art teacher at Lakeview School, Durham, NC since 2004- present · Featured storyteller at Public Library in Henderson, NC · Performance at Newport Middle school, Newport, NC · Africa Festival performance in Madison, WI · Jon Konnu celebration, Tryon Palace Museum, New Bern, NC · School of Public Health,
Harvard University, Boston, MA |
Contact: e-mail: bmoiwai@yahoo.com