Three Tales of Wisdom by Nkechi Taifa

Three Tales of Wisdom by Nkechi Taifa

This book from master storyteller Nkechi Taifa contains three separate wisdom-filled stories:

AYANNA, THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWER

The tale of how Anansi's magic helped Ayanna get to the Harvest Festival, despite the fact hat her two sisters failed to follow the Seven Principles of our New African value system.

A MARCUS GARVEY STORY

The tale of how a young brother growing up in New York City learned the story of the mighty Marcus Garvey.

JABARI'S INCREDIBLE JOURNEY

The tale of how Jabari gained wisdom through a proverb-rich journey filled with teachings from people and animals alike.

Three Tales of Wisdom was first published in 1983 as part of Shining Legacy: Storypoems and Tales for the Young, So Black Heroes Forever Will Be Sung, and is now being re-published as a separate title for new generations to enjoy!

Taifa, Nkechi: - Nkechi Taifa is President of The Taifa Group LLC, a social enterprise firm whose mission is to advance justice. She convenes the Justice Roundtable, an advocacy coalition advancing progressive justice system transformation. Over the course of her career Taifa has served as Advocacy Director for Criminal Justice at the Open Society Foundations; legislative and policy counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union and Women's Legal Defense Fund; founding director of Howard University School of Law's Equal Justice Program; staff attorney for National Prison Project; Network Organizer for Washington Office on Africa; as a private practitioner representing adult and youth clients; and as a first grade teacher at NationHouse Watoto School. Taifa is past president of the D.C. chapter of the National Conference of Black Lawyers. She is a founding member of N'COBRA, the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America. She serves as a Commissioner on the National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC), and on the governing board of the Corrections Information Council. Nkechi has testified before Congress, United States Sentencing Commission, Council of the District of Columbia, American Bar Association Justice Kennedy Commission, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and U.S. Helsinki Commission. She was special prosecutor delivering the Opening Statements in the People's Tribunal on Mumia Abu-Jamal and the People's Tribunal on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. She served as an appointed Commissioner and Chair of the DC Commission on Human Rights from 2007-2014.

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ISBN 13	9781734769357
ISBN 10	1734769351
Title	Three Tales of Wisdom
Author	Nkechi Taifa
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	House of Songhay II
Year published	2021-10-08
Number of pages	64
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.