HERSTORICAL CHARACTERS
HARRIET TUBMAN: SISTER YOMI TELLS IN GRAPHIC DETAIL THE LIFE STORY OF HARRIET TUBMAN FROM CHILD SLAVE TO WIFE TO CONDUCTOR OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TO CIVIL WAR GENERAL, SPY & NURSE. SHE INFUSES STORIES OF ABUSE, TRIUMPH, SELF SUFFICIENCY & PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS FOR THE ELDERLY WITH HUMOR, WIT, & LESSONS OF COURAGE, CULTURAL RESPONSIBILITY, HONOR, PRIDE, SELF-DETERMINATION, & TENACITY!
SHE IS A DELIGHT & INSPIRATION TO ALL AGES, ETHNICITIES, GENDERS, & EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDS. SHE WILL GET YOU MOTIVATED, INVIGORATED & FOCUSED ON YOUR POSITIVE PURSUITS, DREAMS & GOALS......SHE IS AVAILABLE TO SPEAK TO GROUPS FROM 20-1000'S OF EAGER "AUDIENCE" MEMBERS AT SCHOOLS, CONFERENCES, FAMILY REUNIONS, CULTURAL PROGRAMS & FESTIVALS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SISTER OLMECA ACCOMPANIES HER ON THE DJEMBE DRUM FOR AN ORIGINAL, ANCESTRAL FLAVOR. Click on her picture ABOVE to inquire about this performance. CLICK HERE FOR SNEAK PEAK....
SHE IS A DELIGHT & INSPIRATION TO ALL AGES, ETHNICITIES, GENDERS, & EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDS. SHE WILL GET YOU MOTIVATED, INVIGORATED & FOCUSED ON YOUR POSITIVE PURSUITS, DREAMS & GOALS......SHE IS AVAILABLE TO SPEAK TO GROUPS FROM 20-1000'S OF EAGER "AUDIENCE" MEMBERS AT SCHOOLS, CONFERENCES, FAMILY REUNIONS, CULTURAL PROGRAMS & FESTIVALS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SISTER OLMECA ACCOMPANIES HER ON THE DJEMBE DRUM FOR AN ORIGINAL, ANCESTRAL FLAVOR. Click on her picture ABOVE to inquire about this performance. CLICK HERE FOR SNEAK PEAK....
Mary Elizabeth Bowser was a black women who served as a spy for the Union Army during the Civil War. She was born a slave outside of Richmond, Virginia where she served the Van Lew family until the death of her master, John Van Lew. She remained with the Van Lew family and Mrs. Van Lew sent her to Philadelphia to obtain an education.
At the start of the Civil War she returned to Richmond to do espionage work with Mrs. Van Lew. Mrs. Van Lew was able to hire Bowser out as a servant at the Confederate White House to spy on Jefferson Davis. It is said that she did a great job at pretending to be quite dumb while she listened to the dinner conversation of the Confederate President. Each night Bowser would recite to Mrs. Van Lew word for word the military plans discussed over dinner by leaders of the confederacy.
At the start of the Civil War she returned to Richmond to do espionage work with Mrs. Van Lew. Mrs. Van Lew was able to hire Bowser out as a servant at the Confederate White House to spy on Jefferson Davis. It is said that she did a great job at pretending to be quite dumb while she listened to the dinner conversation of the Confederate President. Each night Bowser would recite to Mrs. Van Lew word for word the military plans discussed over dinner by leaders of the confederacy.
CIVIL RIGHTS WORKER 1960'S: THROUGH STORIES & SONGS OF TRIUMPH & STRUGGLE SISTER YOMI WEAVES A TAPESTRY OF MARCHES, PROTESTS, SITTINS, JAIL-TIME, BEATINGS, VOTING RIGHTS VICTORIES, POLITICAL UPHEAVALS & RAISING FAMILIES THROUGH THE TUMULTUOUS 1960'S FROM A BLACK WOMEN'S SOUTHERN UNITED STATES PERSPECTIVE. LET HER TAKE YOU ON A JOURNEY OFTEN-TIMES FORGOTTEN, OF LIBERATION & FREEDOM FROM THE BONDAGE OF JIM CROW TO PRESIDENCY OF BARACK OBAMA IN THE WHITE HOUSE! CHARGING THE PEOPLE TO CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR RIGHTS & JUSTICE FOR ALL PEOPLE ACROSS THE GLOBE.