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AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLKLORIST of December 2020– TODD LAWRENCE
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AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLKLORIST of December 2020– TODD LAWRENCE

Published by: Lamont Pearley Editor of The African American Folklorist Newspaper David Todd Lawrence  Folklorist of The Month In this issue, I interview our current African American Folklorist of the month Dr. David Todd Lawrence Associate Professor in American culture and Difference English at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. Todd teaches...

AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLKLORIST – WANDA G ADDISON
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AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLKLORIST – WANDA G ADDISON

In this episode I speak with February’s African American Folklorist of the month is Wanda G. Addison. Addison, an African American folklorist, and Professor of English sat on the board of the American Folklore Society, and through storytelling, social groups, and community practices use her folklore experience for cultural sustainability and preservation of intangible cultural...