Ms. Afrika Abney - Consultant

    Greetings, As a consultant, I use my formal training and education in the arts to provide consulting services for small businesses and nonprofit organizations. I am confident in my creative skills and talents that enable me to provide and services. While I was a high school student, I was invited to be apart of a school assembly by Ms. Maria Tukeva.   Upon graduating from high school in 1993 and college in 1997, I have been nominated for a variety of awards including the 2001 Mayor’s Arts Award in the category of Outstanding Emerging Artist. I was also the recipient of multiple grants from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities of which I conducted the Kuumba Arts and Crafts Program from 1995 - 1998.   I currently provide services for Esther Productions, Inc (dedicated to using a variety of vehicles—traditional and nontraditional—to develop communities throughout the United States and Europe. It was created in 2004 by Jonetta Rose Barras, award-winning journalist and author