Busboys and Poets
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Thursday, July 7, 2011, 6:30-8:30pm
Posted 11 months ago
Do you love shea butter products? Are you interested in women’s issues? Do you support fair trade? Then join us on Thursday, July 7th at Busboys & Poets to celebrate Shea Yeleen International’s participation in the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Live performances by drummers (Kuumba King, Roy Horton and Tammer Ramini) and area poets share their talents, along with some words from... [read more]
Do you love shea butter products? Are you interested in women’s issues? Do you support fair trade? Then join us on Thursday, July 7th at Busboys & Poets to celebrate Shea Yeleen International’s participation in the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Live performances by drummers (Kuumba King, Roy Horton and Tammer Ramini) and area poets share their talents, along with some words from SYI shea producers and our co-hosts.
Co-hosts and supporters:
National Peace Corps Association
TransAfrica Forum
US Africa Sister Cities
Plymouth UCC Board of Social Action
Shea Yeleen is a nonprofit social enterprise that works with women shea butter producers in rural West Africa. As part of the 44th Smithsonian Folklife Festival women from Ghana have been invited to showcase the shea butter production process on the national mall from June 30th-July 11th.
