Sidikiba's Kora Lesson Author|Joseph Topinka Shannon Cuthrell's artfully composed The

Shannon Cuthrell's artfully composed The Great Repression is a collection of original poems scanning a manic-depressed period in Cuthrell's life

"[Seamus'] treatment at the hands of his family and his teachers is heart-wrenching

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She has maintained a painting and writing studio spoken publicly on art and social justice issues (hundreds of engagements nationally and internationally as well as radio and TV interviews) contributed magazine articles on a freelance basis edited newsletters and author manuscripts and created art throughout her daughter Cody’s life

Sidikiba's Kora Lesson Author|Joseph Topinka Shannon Cuthrell's artfully composed TheTen year old Sidikiba is about to be initiated into the world of the kora a twenty one stringed West African harp performed by his family for seventy generations. To become a kora player like his father and grandfather before him Sidikiba must honor and respect the wisdom of his elders trust in the mystical secrets of his community and above all else be patient and practice hard. Sidikiba's Kora Lesson is the story of a child's encounter with a rich