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Where opera & abolitionist heroine Harriet Tubman meet

Source: Women News Network

When composer Nkeiru Okoye was a young girl, her mother shared stories about Harriet Tubman. Now, Okoye is paying tribute to Tubman with a folk opera that shows audiences Tubman’s life, both in slavery and in freedom.

This entry was posted in The Move Toward Freedom and tagged Arts & Entertainment, Historic Figures, History on February 28, 2014 by Hilary Woods.

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