JUNE 23, 2016 // 3
Tolovana Arts Colony to hold storytelling workshop
CANNON BEACH — Gideon
For-mukwai’s story begins
in the central African na-
tion of Cameroon.
“I got my first pair of
shoes at age 10,” says
For-mukwai. “It was
almost like a right of
passage, to have a pair of
shoes.”
After college, those feet
would take For-mukwai all
over the world.
“There was a nomadic
streak in me that pushed
me to explore,” For-muk-
wai says. “I had this
understanding that the way
Cameroon was working,
geopolitically, was not for
me. I was so restless.”
After college in Camer-
oon, For-mukwai worked
coast
as a journalist in South
Africa. But his desire to
explore remained un-
quenched. He went to Sin-
gapore, Hong Kong and,
working as a speaker and
business consultant, began
making inroads to the
West. Last fall he moved to
Gearhart with his wife.
From these worldly
journeys, For-mukwai
will share a selection of
personal stories in a work-
shop Saturday, June 25 at
Tolovana Hall in Cannon
Beach.
The event will be two-
fold: After the storytelling
portion, For-mukwai will
deconstruct those tales into
their component parts, ex-
ploring what makes a fasci-
nating and indelible story.
To do so, he will draw from
his studies as a business
consultant. His book “Story
Warrior” looks at the sci-
ence of storytelling as well
as how to relate, how to be
memorable, and more.
“A good story must
have conflict,” For-mukwai
says. “A good story must
have a good guy in pursuit
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of a goal, and that good
guy gets into conflict.”
“It must also give us
closure,” he adds. “Was it
tragic? Was it comic? How
did it get resolved?”
“You must also get the
audience to relate, and to
look at their own lives and
connect.”
Details, he says, are also
important.
“Instead of saying: ‘I
had a drink,’ I should say:
‘I had an unsweetened
black tea.’ That brings you
there.”
Besides “Story Warrior,”
For-mukwai is the author
of “Facing Adversity with
Audacity,” a memoir of his
growing up and leaving
Africa.
Some of those tales
will be recounted here.
For-mukwai is calling Sat-
urday’s collection “From
Dust to Snow.”
“I grew up in a dusty
area,” For-mukwai says.
“Now I live in a place
where there is snow.”
Tickets to the one-and-
a-half hour workshop,
which begins at 11 a.m.
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Gideon For-mukwai will share
a selection of personal stories
in a workshop June 25.
Saturday, are $10 at the
door. Tolovana Hall is
located at 3779 S. Hemlock
St. For more information,
visit tolovanaartscolony.
org, email tolovanaartscol-
ony@gmail.com, or call
541-215-4445.