Ananse Soundsplash Storytelling Festival
Ananse SoundSplash is produced by Ntukuma, a registered voluntary not-for-profit Cultural Non-Governmental Organisation which has been operating since 2003.
All About Ananse SoundSplash
Ananse is the quintessential, description-defying wisdom carrier from West African who occupies Caribbean folklore. He is celebrated for his wit, humor, and resilience. Never hampered by his small size, Ananse challenges gods and outsmarts animals, and humans alike, showing that brains can triumph over brawn. Resourceful yet vulnerable, Ananse teaches us to be strong, to tek kin teet kibba heart-bun, to find courage in our own humanity and pass on our wisdom from generation to generation.
All the stories we tell belong to Ananse, the first global citizen, who bequeaths us his name for the festival.
ANANSE SOUNDSPLASH is a must-have experience of the magic of Jamaica’s Heritage in a unique brand of Storytelling!
FUN AND FROLIC
Peacemakers Mento Band Seville Heritage Park
A PRODUCTION OF NTUKUMA, THE STORYTELLING FOUNDATION OF JAMAICA
A Vision For Cultural Retention
A REUNION OF FRIENDS
A family with a shared vision
A GLOBAL VISION
Ananse SoundSplash is dedicated to establishing links with oral arts practitioners from diverse cultures who share the vision of the oral tradition beyond its entertainment value.
PARTNERSHIPS
MOU with Jamaica Library Service for Storytelling Clubs in all libraries
ENSURING THE RIGHTS OF OUR CHILDREN TO CULTURE AND HERITAGE
Receiving The Proclamation Of National Storytelling Day From The Governor General
SECURING THE FUTURE
The festival reaches out to young Jamaicans in rural and urban Jamaica and brings them in contact with our senior citizens.
HONOURING THE ANCESTORS
Ancestral Monument At Seville Heritage Park
NATION-BUILDING
Training the next generation of Storytellers
A CONNECTION WITH OUR RICH HERITAGE
Explore the unique value of Jamaica’s rich oral tradition and its contribution to national pride.
AN EIGHT-LEGGED ROAD SHOW
Search for stories in the Mountains
Thanks To Our Sponsors
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