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title: African Culture and Folktales
description: Moravian Academy first-graders learn and draw inspiration from African culture and folklore.
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# [African Culture and Folktales](https://blog.moravianacademy.org/blog/african-culture-and-folktales)

 Written by [Robyn Endress](https://blog.moravianacademy.org/blog/author/robyn-endress) | May 28, 2021 1:11:38 PM

First grade has accomplished a lot since first [embarking on their virtual trip to Africa](https://blog.moravianacademy.org/blog/first-grade-embarks-on-virtual-adventure-across-africa). 

They worked together to create an African safari bulletin board, and read books by Kenyan authors: *I Am Eyes - Ni Macho* by Leila Ward and *Bringing Rain to Kapiti Plain* by Verna Aardema. After reading *Wangari's Trees of Peace* by environmental activist Wangari Maathai, we talked about her mission to plant 40 million trees. 

<https://www.flickr.com/photos/185237502@N04/albums/72157719285096488>

Inspired by the stories they read and their new knowledge of African culture and folklore, students created magical kente cloths before imagining their own African folktales about animals of their choice. Finally, they created masks of their animals which brought their folktales to life. 

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