Flying Africans

Alice McGill

Alice incorporates a broad repertoire into her performances, drawing on tales from African, European, West Indian and Afro-American traditions as well as...

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  • Alice incorporates a broad repertoire into her performances, drawing on tales from African, European, West Indian and Afro-American traditions as well as from her own family. She also does a dramatic, historically accurate portrayal of the life of Sojourner Truth, based on Truth’s writings. She considers herself a griot in the West African tradition, a keeper of the tribal history, using storytelling to preserve and perpetuate the history of Afro-Americans.

    Alice’s own words best describe her artistic approach: “I use my storytelling because I do not use any pictures, no concrete images. My voice is my instrument and I use it to paint pictures and moods and images for my listeners. I use my voice to take my listeners anywhere I want to take them; down through deep woods and over mountaintops, down in dark pits, to make the music for my listeners, to sing as I take them to different places throughout my stories.”

    1. Flying Africans
    2. Old Man Bucket
    3. Uncle Jesse
    4. The Monkey Takes a Ride
    5. Please Don’t Throw Me In the Briar Patch
    6. Never Laugh In a Lion’s Face On the Ground
    7. I Smell My Mama’s Biscuits Burning
    8. Little Girl BearGo to Sleepy
  • Release Date: May 19, 1989
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Genre: Storytelling