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Portland Observer, October 12, 1983 Page 3
METROPOLITAN
$700,000 raised fo r peace
Educators preserve oral tradition
Just over 130 walkers raised more
than J 16.000 in pledges from 1,800
sponsors in the October 1st Freese
W alk-A -Thon in Portland. About
$700.000 is pledged nationally for
the Freeze by 100,000 sponsors. 240
walks took place around the coun
try.
fty
Portland had the highest ratio of
dollars pledged per walker in the
country, at nearly $110 each. Port
land sponsors were, on average,
more generous than those around
the country. The average pledge in
Portland was about $8.88 each
while the nationwide average was $7
per sponsor
According the W alk-A-Thon or
ganiser Chuck Goodmacher, 40 per-
Lumia Duke
Grassroot News, N. IF. — A group
o f educator* from N.E. Portland
have imported the oral tradition of
West Africa to Portland for a three-
day community celebration which
start* October 21-23.
The group is called Kukatonnon
Institute, Inc., and was co-founded
by Kernel M o o re. Ivy Boslough,
Rolia Angie Manyongai and Philip
Moore. Kukatonnon is a Liberian
word meaning ‘ ‘ we are o n e ." Ac
cording to the co-founders this is the
premise o f the institute as they gear
up to share with their neighbors the
culture o f Liberia. T o express the
Institute's philosophy, Kernel
Moore said, " W e are interested in
the commonality o f all hum anity.
We are focusing in on A fric a be
cause of our own heritage as Afro-
Americans. Our first effort is with
the Liberian culture."
H istorically, Liberia and A fro -
Americans have always been linked.
In the 1800s, Liberia was the coun
try designated by President Lincoln
for the newly freed Blacks to return
to. In the 1920s, the father o f Pan-
Africanism, Marcus Oarvey, chose
Liberia as the first country in Africa
to reclaim . K ukatonnon ack
nowledged that the rich background
between Liberia and Am erica in
spired their research.
In July of 1983 three members of
the Institute visited Liberia to con
duct research on the oral tradition
and establish a network with per
sons associated with cultural, educa
tional and artistic endeavors.
Rolia Manyongai, a native Liber
ian, found the trip back home re
warding but noticed many things
had changed in the country and
within herself. Liberia is now run by
a military government. She said she
found it difficult to communicate to
her countrymen and women because
she broke away from the traditional
role of the woman in African soci-
ety.
" I believe in women’s freedom. I
don't believe in a woman being a
slave under the man. This is a differ
ent type of oppression and is a way
of life in many parts of Africa. I am
an international, independent wom
an and some o f the men resented
that. They did not want me talking
with the women who had been
brainwashed into believing that the
man is always the ruler, on top, and
cent o f the net proceeds from the
Portland W alk-A-Thon will be sent
to the national Freese Campaign for
lobbying and other organising work
at the national level. About ten per
cent w ill be shared with member
groups o f the 30-member Nuclear
Weapons Freese Coalition of Great
er Portland. The remaining money
will be utilised to continue public
education and outreach in general
and to help finance such specific
projects a* the noon-lime October
22nd Euromissile Rally at W ater
front Park.
For more inform ation on how
you can work for peace here in Port
land, contact the Freese Coalition at
226 6932.
TREAT
YOURSELF
to a new
short style cut
at
For only
Educator* dedicated to the preaervetion of the
African oral tradition include IL-RI Philip Moore,
Rolle Angle Manyongai. Ivy Boslough. and Remai
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
Moore.
can/American life exhibit Saturday,
October 22, at the Interstate Fire
house located at 5340 N. Interstate,
at 8 p.m. Expect to absorb a unique
ly coordinated presentation which
will include slides, photos, clothing,
art, dancing and a folk tale with
“ M r. Spider." Proceeds from this
event will be dontated to the Bright
Foundation School, M o n ro via.
Liberia.
lived in Portland for five years and
the m ajority of people I have run
into are into education. I was raised
on the folktales I will narrate. I will
paint a picture to make people think
about life experiences they never
had thought about before. It will be
more than entertainment. It will be
real."
Kukatonno will present the A fri
he has to be the boss. 1 was coming
and saying it doesn't have to be that
way. You d o n 't have to be equal
w ith him physically but mentally
you are just as strong."
P hilip M oore said because o f
their visit they plan to present the
culture o f Liberia from a different
perspective. “ We are looking at A f
rica from the perspective of an A f
ro-American. We are bringing au
thentic folktales handed down from
generation to generation. This is an
opportunity to see the culture which
has not beein influenced by outside
interests.”
N ot only w ill oral trad itio n be
portrayed but '.he correlation be
tween Afro-Americans and L ib er
ians w ill also be examined.
" A lot of the times,” Remel con
tinued, "B lack Americans do not
have any desire to go to Africa be-
cuase they have been embarrassed
by the way the white man has por
trayed Africa. We want to portray
us— Black American* and Africans
— as the way we really are. I don't
think it should be viewed as threat
ening. We want to lift pride, create
awareness and understanding."
Manyongai concluded, " I have
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Two Jefferson High School sen
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man. a Kenton Elementary School
graduate, and Joel G unz, who
graduated from Ockley Green, have
both attended Jefferson all four
years. They are two o f Oregon's
eight winners.
“ Their winning is such an accom
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beamed
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Christensen, English Department
Head “ Based on our school popu
lation we were only able to submit
three entries, and to have two of the
three named as national finalists is a
real tribute to our program and the
teaching staff here," she continued.
The studens worked hard to reach
their achievement. They wrote, re
wrote and spent many hours on
their entries. Both Jefferson winners
entered the essay category. In 1981
Susan Thompson won with a short
story.
The Jefferson students appear to
be well on their way to achieving
what many high school youngsters
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their teachers as being significant in
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had five different English teachers,
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Vice-Principal Shirley Glick said,
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working with students in a way that
brings them this kind o f success."
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A pproxim ately 200 Jefferson
High School students are enrolled in
the advanced English program, and
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