"My greatest desire as a storyteller & poet, is to share the fruitage's of the spirit in all of my programs.
I enjoy retelling & creating stories rooted in community and family;
Love ~ Joy ~ Peace ~ Patience ~ Kindness ~ Goodness ~ Faith
Mildness ~ Self-Control & Self -esteem, sprinkled with reflections
of life lessons and laughter." ...Oni Lasana*!*
Oni Lasana, The Storyteller...offers a unique opportunity to inspire, captivate and excite your family, friends, students, seniors, community or social organizations.
Oni offers an engaging storytelling repertoire of love, hope, peace, community and personal human experiences. Oni also enjoys telling folkloric animal tales. She will have you acting out in her stories or on the edge of your seats enthralled by the art of story, poetry and song.
Allow Oni Lasana Productions to create a special personalized storytelling program for your next gathering.
Listen ~ Smile ~ Cry ~ Laugh ~ Dream ~ Feel ~ Hope ~ Sing ~ Dance & Engage ~ a sparkling storyteller who speaks to hearts....
touches soul's...lift spirits & brings on the JOY!
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~ THANKS TO PAST PRESENTOR'S ~
GARDEN STATE STORYTELLERS LEAGUE'S
TELLABRATION 2016
Presented
The Many Muses of Oni Lasana
November 20, 2016 - Sunday 1pm
For more info click here;
www.NationalStorytellersLeague.org
Here's a review from a client who hired Oni at Gig Salad.com
A wonderful storyteller!
We had Oni visit as the Storyteller and she was simply fantastic. The children were so enthralled and excited that many of them ran up to give Oni hugs following the performance. The variety of stories told was great and her ability to connect with the children was awesome.
- Reviewer: John Zimmerman
- Event Date: November 24th, 2015
- Event Type: School Assembly
- Event City: Princeton, NJ
- Serviced Provided: Storyteller
- Overall Rating: 5 out of 5
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G. A. Stetson Middle School
West Chester, Pennsylvania
May 2012
Dear Oni,
On behalf of the Diversity Committee & Black History Program Coordinating Committee at G. A. Stetson Middle School, we thank you for your performances in our assembly program "We Are Citizens of the World Offering Hope."
Your presentation on Black American Inventors - "Did You Know?"...the Asian folktale, "War & Peace" and your original "Obama Rap" story gave our program a wonderful energy that was upbeat, yet with an informative message for all to enjoy. Your selections really connected with our theme.
This was your second time as a presenter for our Black History Assembly Program and you continue to show your sincere love and commitment to your craft. You are truly a voice of hope in our world community today. We are so pleased to know you.
Sincerely,
Angela Williams, Assistant Principal
Dawn McNeil-McMillan, Co-Coordinator
G. A. Stetson Middle School, West Chester, Pennsylvania
Oni Lasana is affiliated with the following storytelling organizations;
Keepers Of The Culture, Inc of Philadelphia
Patchwork, A Storytelling Guild of Philadelphia
The National Association Of Black Storytellers, Inc.
If you have a little time and would like to read a story about why, how and when Oni became a storyteller, goto this PDF file for the membership newsletter of The National Association of Black Storytellers and scroll till you see the story on page 6.
Editor's Note: Oni's dad was born in Charleston, So. Carolina, his parents were from Cross, SC.
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Oni Lasana (right) at the 34th National Association of Black Storytellers Festival & Convention in Philadelphia with, Onawumi Jean Moss of Amherst, MA, Kwanzaa of Cleveland and Mitch "Grand Daddy Junebug" Capel of North Carolina. 11/2016
"As artists, we belong to an ancient and holy tribe. We are the carriers of the truth that spirit moves through us all. When we deal with one another,
we are dealing not merely with our human personalities but also with the unseen but ever-present throng of ideas, visions, stories, poems, songs, sculptures, art-as-facts that crowd the temple of consciousness waiting
their to be born."
Julia Cameron, the Artist's Way