Aya Shabu is the Conductor and Creator of Whistle Stop Tours, a walking tour company remembering African American neighborhoods through the performing arts. Shabu has choreographed for original documentary theater including The Parchman Hour for the 50th Anniversary Reunion of The Freedom Riders in Jackson, MS, and Orange Light a play about the 1991 Hamlet, NC chicken plant fire. An alum of the African American Dance Ensemble, Shabu has performed with Ronald K. Brown and Sweet Honey in the Rock, and currently dances and drums with The Magic of African Rhythm.