In celebration of Juneteenth, we welcome Adwoa Bandele-Asante performing La Amistad: A Fantastic, True to Life Journey of Sorrow, Unity & Triumph. 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.

Our presenter is Adwoa Bandele-Asante, M.A; founder of P.E.A.C.E. Works Group, LLC, in New London. From 2018 through 2020, she worked throughout the state of Connecticut, and in parts of Long Island, NY as a Discovering Amistad Educator.

This event is co-sponsored by the Waterford Public Library and the Waterford Historical Society!