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Shindana Cooper

Shindana Cooper is a storyteller and poet dedicated to stimulating awareness in the African and African-American communities by perpetuating the centuries-old tradition of oral history. Cooper takes her audiences from a small African village, through the Middle Passage, from life on the plantation to a safe house on the Underground Railroad. Her emotional characterizations include Sojourner Truth, Mary McLeod, and Harriet Tubman. Cooper has performed for public, private and parochial schools, colleges and universities, as well as church groups and corporate organizations. She has been the featured performer at BaltimoreÆs Afram Expo, BaltimoreÆs Artscape Celebration, and The National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice in Washington, D.

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Shindana Cooper 12/12/00: Shindana Cooper

Storyteller and poet Shindana Cooper takes her audience from a small African Village, through the Middle Passage, from life on the plantation, to a safe house on the Underground Railroad.

Shindana Cooper

Storyteller and poet Shindana Cooper takes her audience from a small African Village, through the Middle Passage, from life on the plantation, to a safe house on the Underground Railroad.

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