La Amistad: A Fantastic, True to Life Journey of Sorrow, Unity & Triumph

with Adwoa Bandele-Asante, Writer, Teacher, Actor

$10 (Members 10% discount)

Storyteller Adwoa, starts the audience out in 1839, West Africa. From here came the captive Africans whose tenacity and willpower would ultimately strike a death blow to the trans-Atlantic trafficking in humans of that era. La Amistad, the now famous coastal schooner, whose name means “friendship,” spent two years in New London harbor. Come learn about how it came to be here and its historical impact.

Performer Bandele-Asante was born and raised in New London, CT. Here she attended public grade schools and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Connecticut College. After earning a Master of Arts degree from Howard University in Washington, DC, Ms. Bandele-Asante taught high school and founded the Back to Africa Club which enabled her to travel to West Africa. While in DC she debuted Harriet Tubman:  A Woman with a Railroad at highly acclaimed director Haile Gerima’s Sankofa Books and Videos Cafe.

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