"We asked the women what they wanted to talk about, " Nyla Rodgers, founder and "chief visionary" of Mama Hope told me.

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And the opening of her New York restaurant Nyla suffered a setback when two diners claimed they had suffered food poisoning after eating there.

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For NYLA Ms. Yokoshi, 51, has produced a 75-minute production that includes a cast of six dancers including herself and seven musicians from the U.S. and Japan.

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