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Join us to enjoy the art of storytelling with Masankho Banda!Masankho's purpose as a storyteller is to awaken audiences of the world to the ancient art of storytelling. For ages around the globe, people have been enthralled by stories of all kinds: folktales, tall tales, myths and legends, cultural stories, personal stories—and the list goes on.
Adults and youth alike will be entranced by Masankho’s intergenerational tales.
Malawi native Masankho travels worldwide—from his homes in the Bay Area and in southeast Africa, and well beyond—blending storytelling with singing and African dance and percussion, drawing upon folktales and legends to spread messages of peace, social justice and cultural understanding.
About Storytelling:
Storytelling is telling stories--without using a book.
- It's an ancient art form that predates libraries, and books, and writing.
- It's not necessarily for children!
- Traditional-style storytelling creates unique images in the mind of each listener.
- According to the National Storytelling Network, "storytelling is the interactive art of using words and actions to reveal the elements and images of a story while encouraging the listener’s imagination. In storytelling, the listener imagines the story.”
- According to the Storytelling Association of California (an organization dedicated to promoting storytelling as a living art form), storytelling is “orally passing on adventures, wisdom, experiences, surprise, history, laughter, beliefs and imagination.”
This free event received funding support from the Friends of the Menlo Park Library.
Sunday, February 22, 2026 | 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Belle Haven Library, 100 Terminal Ave., Menlo Park, CA, 94025
https://www.menlopark.gov/Government/Departments/Library-and-Community-Services/Events/Events-for-children/20260222-Storyteller-Masankho-Banda
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https://www.menlopark.gov/Citywide-calendar
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