"Once upon a time a small man lived in a village on top of a high mountain. He looked weird and... Ntekuma demanded from Ananse, his father, 'Father where is my share?'...and this is why the vulture has no feathers around its neck." Many of us must be familiar with such sentences. Call it folktale, fable, myth, folklore, fairy tale or legend; storytelling is undoubtedly one of the oldest arts in the world. It’s been at the heart of the Ghanaian culture and in it the old share many moral lessons with the young. In the village, in the olden days, our grandparents in moonlight settings narrated the best stories, some very scary, but others, very refreshing. Television featured drama in the local languages for which everyone at home would stop at nothing to watch. But the world is now changing and technological advancement seems to be nearing its peak…and the old ways of doing things are changing fast. Professor of Theatre Arts at the University of Ghana School of Performing Arts, Martin Owusu, says storytelling should be part of the school curriculum. Until then, modern cinema will continue to take the place of folktales, folklore and the traditional theatre.