Creative Enrichment Programs

ONI LASANA PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS

HARRIET TUBMAN...HER STORY!

"A DRAMATIC STORYTELLING EXPERIENCE"

BASED ON THE LIFE OF ARAMINTA HARRIET ROSS TUBMAN

MINTY

AS "MINTY" SHE WAS BORN INTO AMERICA'S SLAVE SYSTEM. AS A CHILD SHE SUFFERED ABUSIVE BEATINGS. AS A YOUNG WOMAN SHE RAN AWAY TO TAKE HER OWN FREEDOM AND RETURNED TO FREE OTHERS. SHE LIVED TO SERVE HER PEOPLE AND MANY OTHERS, TILL THE AGE OF 93!

MOSES OF HER PEOPLE

FROM 1849 - 1860 "MOSES" MADE OVER 19 TRIPS AS A MAJOR CONDUCTOR ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. WITH HER UNWAVERING FAITH IN A HIGHER POWER, SHE GUIDED OVER 300 ENSLAVED AFRICANS ALONG THE EASTERN SHORE FROM MARYLAND, DELAWARE, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK TO CANADA...FOR FREEDOM!

NURSE HARRIET

SHOWED UNWAVERING LOVE FOR THE PEOPLE SHE LIBERATED WITH HER KNOWLEDGE OF HEALING PLANTS. SHE NURSED AND SAVED MANY LIVES ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. SHE OPENED A HOME FOR THE AGED AND INFIRMED IN HER HOME IN ALBANY, NEW YORK.

GENERAL TUBMAN

AS SHE WAS RESPECTFULLY NAMED BY FREEDOM FIGHTER, JOHN BROWN. GENERAL TUBMAN WAS A SCOUT ALONG SIDE UNION SOLDIERS. SHE SERVED WITH A ARMY OF FREE AFRICANS AND LED A SUCCESSFUL RAID ON REBEL CAMPS DURING THE CIVIL WAR.

HARRIET TUBMAN, HER STORY

HARRIET TUBMAN WAS A LEADER, SOLDIER, NURSE, ABOLISTIONIST, AGE AND WOMAN'S RIGHT ACTIVIST. NO OTHER WOMAN IN AMERICAN HISTORY COMPARES TO HARRIET TUBMAN'S POWERFUL LEGACY OF COURAGE, FAITH, SACRIFICE, COMPASSION, EQUAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOM.

PHILADELPHIA BLACK HISTORY EXPO 2016

ONI BRINGS TO LIFE...HARRIET TUBMAN AND HER FEARLESS EFFORTS TO FREE OVER 300 ENSLAVED AFRICANS IN AMERICA.

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

THE FIRST MULTI-RACIAL MOVEMENT FOR FREEDOM IN AMERICA!

ONI BRINGS VISUAL DISPLAYS OF AFRICANS TO AMERICA, PLANTATION LIFE, UNDERGROUND RAILROAD HEROES & SHEROES, AND ON HARRIET TUBMAN TO THIS PROGRAM.

CHESTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM

Underground Railroad Exhibit West Chester, Pennsylvania

Dear Oni,

Thank you for your riveting performance of Harriet Tubman. We hope you were pleased with the turnout. Your wonderful reputation proceeds you.
Sincerely, William Kashatus, PhD.

WHAT STUDENTS SAY

Comments from our students AT NORTH PENN MIDDLE SCHOOL, PENNSYLVANIA

"I thought that Ms. Oni was a great speaker and helped to paint a picture of everything Harriet Tubman did and suffered through for Blacks. If she was performing again I would pay to see her."

"I thought Oni was excellent, not only was she a great performer, but she was a great singer as well.!
"I thought you were good!!

"I also enjoyed the presentation. I learned a lot. You are a great speaker and I wonder what your hair looks like."

"She was great! She should become famous for it. It was very educational."

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Oni Lasana Productions also offers "CHOICES" A interactive program of true stories, folk songs and and visual displays highlighting heroes & she'ros of the Underground Railroad!
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