Sankofa: I Am Black History

This performance is a unique artistic presentation of Black History from a first person point of view, told through the devices of storytelling and spoken word. In the spirit of Sankofa (learning from the past to understand the present), young people are encouraged to see their own potential through the lives of historical figures.

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About WordPlay New Orleans

As an award-winning spoken word artist and vocalist, Founder/Director of WordPlay New Orleans Asia Rainey has been invited as a featured and guest performer at countless events, festivals, benefits, and educational institutions around the country. She has shared stages with artists such as the Last Poets, Mos Def, Suheir Hammad, Kalamu Ya Salaam, Charmaine Neville, and many more. Asia has appeared in several theatre productions (including her own one-woman play, Shut Up & Fly), as a recording artist (Jena Six Project, No Rainbows for the Colored, Her Name is New Orleans, Poet’s Collabo), in television (writer, actress of the award-winning LPHI commercial “Treat You Right,” special co-host of Between the Lines), and in a lead role in the feature film Flood Streets. She is presently working on a new CD which will include her original music and spoken word, and is completing a new novel to be published by Chin Music Press. 

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