Vera Oye

Vera Oyé Yaa-Anna, affectionately known as Auntie Oyé, is a Liberian-born acclaimed master storyteller who transports her audience to West Africa through interactive storytelling. She is the Founder/Executive Director of Oyé Palaver Hut, a nearly 30-year-old established cultural arts organization located in Washington DC, that integrates storytelling performances with the culinary arts to focus on physical and emotional wellness.

Vera's organization has year-round in-school, and after-school programs, along with summer camp cultural arts education workshops for ages 5 to 16. Her unique programming has been designed to nurture joy, create excitement, and to be catalist for creative, physical, social-emotional, and intellectual development.

She tours nationally and internationally presenting her dynamic programs that include high-energy African dance and the traditional djembe drums. This energetic cultural educator’s performances are designed to celebrate diversity. She is a four-time DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Fellowship Program recipient.