blood.claat
By d’bi.young anitafrika | Translated to French by Djennie Laguerre
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blood.claat
By d’bi.young anitafrika
Translated to French by Djennie Laguerre
The first play of the sankofa trilogy, blood.claat is a story of womxn and blood; life blood and death blood as experienced through the journey of fifteen-year-old mudgu sankofa. shx is surrounded by a legacy of personalities: from granny to auntie to njoni black to stamma to ogun and to pearl johnson, who all relate to blood on their own terms. mudgu negotiates gender, class, race, and sexuality through hxr intimate relationship with hxr own blood. the inevitable nature of cycles makes blood.claat a resistance to colonial oppression. a ceremonial dance. a liberashun chant. a long dub poem. dub theatre embodied.
Meet the playwright & translator
d’bi.young anitafrika
Playwright-Performer, activist, and scholar, d’bi.young anitafrika is celebrated for their powerful plays and transformative theatre practice. Their work demonstrates an unwavering commitment to Black queer feminist theatrical forms while exploring the dynamism and complexity of the Afro-Caribbean-Canadian diasporic experience. Their teaching, activism, & mentorship have built a foundation for many Black, Indigenous and Global Majority artists to creatively explore decolonial practice. d’bi.young’s work continues to inspire and create change here and internationally. www.dbiyounganitafrika.com
Djennie Laguerre
A bilingual multifaceted artist, Haitian-born actress Djennie Laguerre has charmed audiences with her acting, dancing and storytelling. She nurtured her gifts by attending De La Salle High School (Visual Arts and Theatre), studying Theatre and French literature at University of Ottawa & the Stella Adler Acting Conservatory (NYC). Her solo show Rendez-vous with Home & the French version Rendez-vous Lakay was presented at Le festival Le Loup de Lafontaine / Festival des Contes Nomades at the NAC/Théâtre français de Toronto/ MAI / SummerWorks Festival. She is the recipient of the SummerWorks Spotlight Award. www.djennielaguerre.com
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