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OBA WILLIAM KING
Chicago IL 773-288-0800teachingstorytellers@outlook.com https://obawilliamking.com/
Available CDs
This CD begins with The Creation, a James Weldon Johnson sermon that I have heard numerous times, but never with the depth of feeling given it by Oba William King. A dramatic teller, King becomes one with the story, his deep, full voice painting God as practical, artistic, wise, and loving.$10.00Purchase directly from Oba at https://obawilliamking.com/cds/
Celebrate The Season with The Nite Before Kwanzaa… Oba’s rhythm recitation captures the audience and teaches too!Download $.99 from www.CDBaby.com and use poeticstorytellerobawill
Performances: Artist in Residence, New Voices, and Feature Teller • International Storytelling Center, Jonesborough, TN. John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts Family Reading Nite • Co-Feature. National Association of Black Storytellers 41st Conference & Festival M/C, Primary performance areas are Midwest & Mid-America. Oba is a member of Mid-America Arts Alliance and Midwest Arts Council. Both Illinois Arts Council and Texas Commission on the Arts. 2018 - 2022 performances include George HW Bush Presidential Library & Museum. 2021/22 Numerous Online / Distant Learning performances. 2022/23 Chicago Public Libray's Juneteenth Celebration Southside Tour & Let's Celebrate Kwanzaa Dallas Arts and Culture ArtsActivate Fund, as well as A Poetic Kwanzaa program at Harold Washington & Carter G Woodson Libraries -Chicago, IL.
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Illinois Storytelling, Inc. is partially funded by the Oak Park Area Arts Council in partnership with the Village of Oak Park, the Illinois Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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