WHO WE ARE: OVERVIEW AND MISSION STATEMENT

OYE' PALAVER HUT, INC.
A West African Culinary Theatre Educational Cultural Enrichment Program.

OYE' PALAVER HUT’S MISSION is to provide Cultural Enrichment Programs that present diverse African cultures and history through interactive experiential teaching/learning performances. This cultural learning experience focuses on our common custom of celebrations. The programs range from traditional African harvest and thanksgiving celebrations to our award-winning program, which utilizes ethnic markets and foods to explore diverse cultures.

OYE' PALAVER HUT, INC., a 501c (3) non-profit West African Culinary Theatre, is fashioned after the Palaver Hut, the cultural hub of West African Villages. PALAVER HUT, INC. offers an unparalleled opportunity to experience the rich cultural traditions of West Africa in a unique interactive theatrical performance. Performed at schools and communities across the nation. These highly praised performances offer students an unforgettable experience! Students and teachers will learn about the culture, history, music, art, dance and oral traditions of West Africa in lively spellbinding performances where classrooms and assembly halls are magically transformed into a bit of Africa.

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OYE' PALVER HUT, INC. monthly activities also include storytelling, drumming, culinary arts, age appropriate job readiness workshops and summer camps. Professional performing artists build the student’s poise, skills and self-esteem as they prepare them for stage presentations.