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Atim George

May 20, 2018

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Hudson, NY

Song

Recorded by

Yasmin Mikhaiel

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Summary:

Atim George is a retired Foreign Service Officer and doctoral candidate. She has a long held interest in Oral History and pleased to attend the 2018 OHSS.  This tape contains a very short song, Tell Me A Story, Atim ‘composed’ as a very young child.  Atim says she developed the simple song to encourage her older sister to tell her a story at bedtime.  Tell Me A Story, according to Atim, also signals the importance of story in her life.

This song may be of interest to those who are curious about children’s songs.

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Interviewer Bio:
Yasmin Mikhaiel

Yasmin Mikhaiel is a dramaturg and Oral Historian who lives and works in the metropolitan Chicago area.

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