The workshop I attended on August 18th dealt with a huge subject: the historical stages of women's protests. The speaker from Glasgow museums showed us some pictures of women gathering in Glasgow from the SUFFRAGETTES to nowadays. She said that during the 80s she and her relatives were involved in protests for the rights of immigrants who had decided for many reasons to establish their families in Scotland. She also showed us how the feminist movement is always looking to lin

Questa storia africana conferma due punti fermi di tutta la mia vita: in primis che e' meglio condividere tutto cio' che ci appartiene, nel bene e nel male, piuttosto che erigere muri, la zebra e' l'animale simbolo per antonomasia della seconda squadra di Torino! Leggete questa storia e fatevi una risata! Tanto tempo fa nel mondo esisteva una sola zebra. Questa zebra non era a strisce come le conosciamo noi oggigiorno. A parte il mantello nero, era tutta bianca crema. La zebr

Conosci qualche piagnucolone? Non solo i bambini fanno i capricci, molto spesso anche gli adulti si lamentano di gamba sana! Questo racconto proviene dal Sud Africa e spiega le conseguenze di chi si lamenta sempre! Leggilo attentamente e lasciami un commento! Tanti anni fa, ma proprio tanti che abbiamo perso il conto, gli dei fecero il mondo. Prima fecero la terra e il mare, poi le montagne e le pianure. Un giorno crearono un albero che poteva parlare e lo chiamarono l'albero

Nelle tradizioni popolari della cultura Ashanti il leopardo si chiama Osebo. La cultura Ashanti proviene dal Ghana. La storia che vi proponiamo oggi spiega perche' la tartaruga ha una corazza sulla schiena. Osebo il leopardo possedeva il migliore tamburo di tutto l'intero continente africano. Era molto potente perche' il suo battito si estendeva in tutta la foresta. Tutti bramavano il tamburo di Osebo. Il pitone, l'elefante, la tartaruga. Lo chiese anche Nyami, il dio del cie

A story from Africa confirm two assumptions in which believed so strong: first, it is better sharing with others despite build a wall; secondly, zebra is the perfect animal for thieves - and for this reason the second football team of Torino has this animal as icon! Long ago, when this story begins, the world had just one zebra. And he wasn't black-and-white striped, like zebras today. Apart from his jet black mane, this zebra was creamy white all over. He lived with a giraf

Do you know any whinger? Well, not only babies cry, adults are weepers too! This tale is from South Africa and it will explain you the consequences of complaining all the time. Read it carefully and leave me a comment if you like it! So long ago that no one can remember when, the gods made the world. First, they made the land and sea, then mountains and plains. One day, they made a tree that could talk and named it the Baobab tree. Alone in the dry soil, the Baobab tree was f

The second workshop of the Heritage project Thistle and Dandelions is called “Women’s protest history”. During my studies at the University I had the pleasure of reading a Greek comedy named Lisistrata written by Aristophanes. It is a comic account of a woman’s mission to end the Peloponnesian War between Greek city states by denying all the men of the land the only thing they truly and deeply desired from women. There is an article on the Time website written by Megan Gibson

Osebo is name of the leopard in the Ashanti folk tale. Ashanti is also known as Asante. He is part of the Akan ethnic group and are native to the Ashanti Region of modern-day Ghana. This story tells us the reason why the tortoise has a shell. Enjoy it! Osebo the leopard had the best drum in all Africa. It was a mighty, musical drum that captured the beat of the forest, the pulse of the earth, the heat of the jungle. He could play it loud, play it soft, play it high, play it l

This is the story of how wisdom came to the world and it starts with a spider... Anansi was king of the spiders. He lived deep in Africa, among haughty giraffes, friendly zebras and chattering monkeys. One afternoo, as he basked in the sun, the sky god appeared before him. "Anansi," said the god, "I have a very important job for you.! "Something only a king can do, I expect," Anansi said, nodding. The god held out a patterned bag. "This bg contains all the wisdom in the world

It was a morning at the end of summer, when everyone was coming back to work. Schools were still closed, so children and teenagers were trying to catch the attention of the adults. Near the bus stop a wee kid with a plump face and long and curly hair was jumping on the pavement. He had sticks in his hands and was putting them in a corner on the road, focusing on drawing imaginary scenes in the air. “there is my shack, and now i’m going to build a bridge... It’s far, i cannot