NABS Program Directors

  

Bunjo Butler

ADOPT-A-TELLER CO-DIRECTOR

Bunjo Butler
"The West Baltimore Talking Drum"
Baltimore, MD
Past President, NABS; Past President, Griots' Circle of Maryland
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Favorite Proverb: "Envy not the oppressor, nor take on any of the oppressor’s evil ways." ~ Proverbs 3:31

 QueenNur

ADOPT-A-TELLER CO-DIRECTOR

Karen Abdul-Malik
"Queen Nur"
Willingboro,NJ
Past President, NABS
 [email protected]

Favorite Quote: "Jaliya is my greatest weapon" - Gai

Baba Jamal Koram

AFFILIATE DIRECTOR ADVISOR

Baba Jamal Koram
Alexandria, VA
Past President, NABS
[email protected]

Favorite Saying: "Kassa Ngira" (How are the Children doing where you are?) ~ Jamal Koram

 Denise Chapman Acosta

AFFILIATE  CO-DIRECTOR

Denise Chapman Acosta
Buffalo, New York
Past President Tradition Keepers: Black Storytellers of WNY
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Favorite Saying: " I never lose. I either win or learn.~ Nelson Mandela

 

 

AFFILIATE  CO-DIRECTOR

TAHIRA
Claymont, DE
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Favorite Saying:  "Children are like flowers. The words adults speak to children should be like rain." ~ TAHIRA

 

 

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COLLEGIATE AFFILIATE DIRECTOR

Cheryl "Sparkle" Mosley
Charlotte, NC
Past President, NABS; Past President NCABS

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Favorite Quote:"If you want to go fast go alone.  If you want to go far go together."
African Proverb

Dylan

FESTIVAL DIRECTOR

Dylan Pritchett
Newport News, VA
Past President,NABS 
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Favorite Proverb:  "" 'The person who says it can't be done shouldn't interrupt the person that's doing it!' Nigeria

Elisha Minter

YOUTH PROGRAM CO-DIRECTOR

Elisha Minter "Mother Minter"
Charlotte, NC
Past Chaplin, NCABS
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Favorite Proverb: "Train up a child in the way he go: and when he is old he will not depart." ~ Proverbs 22:6

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YOUTH PROGRAM CO-DIRECTOR

Keesha Dixon
Indianapolis, IN

Executive Director of The Asante Children's Theatre
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Favorite Quote:  "We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps." ~ Proverbs 16:9  New Living Translation