
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, March 2, 1991                   TAG: 9103020088
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV6   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: RADFORD                                LENGTH: Short

BLACK STORYTELLER TO SPEAK AT RU

Radford University continues its celebration of black history with a presentation by storyteller Mary Carter Smith at 4 p.m. Monday in Heth Lounge A and Tuesday in Heth Lounges A and B at 7:30 p.m. Smith will discuss the role of storytelling in cultural and personal identity.

Smith was awarded the title of "griot" - the West African term for a keeper of oral traditions - by the mayor of Baltimore and the governor of Maryland. She is co-founder of the Association of Black Storytellers.

Smith's sponsors are the English department and the Black Awareness Programming Board. Call Hilary Siebert, 831-5203.

by CNB