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Summer at the Library: Orisirisi - African Folklore

  • When: Friday, June 27, 2025, 11:00 am
  • Location: See schedule above
  • Cost: free

Share the beauty of African life and culture through a unique folkloric performance filled with drumming, dance and storytelling.

For thousands of years in the mystical light of the moon, African children have sat spellbound; listening to stories that both entertain and develop a better sense of the difference between right and wrong. OrisiRisi African Folklore recreates this scene with Moonlight Stories. - an anthology incorporating the African tradition of audience participation including fun-filled call and response type songs, mesmerizing African drumming and dance, children’s games, and much more!

11:00am - 12:00pm Hawthorne Branch Meeting Room 6640 SE 221 Street, Hawthorne, FL 32640 3:00pm - 4:00pm Millhopper Branch (Room A, Room B) 3145 NW 43rd Street Gainesville, FL 32606

Elementary (6-11 years)

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