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  • The Watah Theatre Black Theatre School The Anitafrika Method The Watah Theatre/Archive Anitafrika Method Masterclass Series The Anitafrika Method at Obsidian Theatre 2025 Decolonial Frameworks by Black Arts Practitioners 2024 The Anitafrika Method at Soulpepper Academy 2024 The Anitafrika Method at Soulpepper Academy 2023 The Anitafrika Method at Rose Bruford College 2022 The Anitafrika Method at Rose Bruford College 2021 The Anitafrika Method at London South Bank University 2020
  • Artist-Scholar Statement University of Toronto Artist-in-Residence (2022) Decolonial Performance Praxis in Black Masculinities Theatre (2022) Dubbin Monodrama: Black Masculinities in African-Diaspora Theatre (Spolrusie Press 2019) Black Plays Matter (Canadian Theatre Review 2016) The Anitafrika Method as an Arts-Based Health Intervention (2015) r/evolution begins within (Canadian Theatre Review 2012)
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  • BIOGRAPHY/
  • PhD Thesis/
    • Phd Abstract
    • PhD Big Book
    • PhD Appendices
    • Phd Dubography
    • PhD Dubumentary
  • MY.STORY/
  • Archives (USD)/
    • plays
    • books
    • dub poetry albums
    • educational streaming licence
  • DUB.POET/
    • 333
    • d'bi & the 333
    • wombanifesto
    • civil rights mixtape
    • dubbin poetry book launch
  • PLAYWRIGHT.PERFORMER/
    • the sankofa trilogy
    • bathroom floor
    • the orisha trilogy
    • concrete jungle
    • the ibeyi trilogy
    • story come to town
    • dubbin theatre: the collected plays of d'bi.young anitafrika
  • DRAMATURGE.DIRECTOR/
    • speaking of sneaking by daniel jelani ellis (2023)
    • Lulu by Sashoya Simpson
    • Brown Girl in the Ring by Miranda Edwards
    • Jah in the Ever-Expanding Song by Kaie Kellough
    • 11:11 by Samson Bonkeabantu Brown
    • speaking of sneaking by daniel jelani ellis (2018)
    • Addicted by Raven Dauda
    • I Cannot Lose My Mind by Najla Nubyanluv
    • Oughtism by Faduma Mohammed
    • The Emancipation of Ms Lovely by Ngozi Paul
    • Who Am I by Webster McDonald
  • THEATRE.INTERVENTIONIST/
    • The Watah Theatre
    • Black Theatre School
    • The Anitafrika Method
    • The Watah Theatre/Archive
    • Anitafrika Method Masterclass Series
    • The Anitafrika Method at Obsidian Theatre 2025
    • Decolonial Frameworks by Black Arts Practitioners 2024
    • The Anitafrika Method at Soulpepper Academy 2024
    • The Anitafrika Method at Soulpepper Academy 2023
    • The Anitafrika Method at Rose Bruford College 2022
    • The Anitafrika Method at Rose Bruford College 2021
    • The Anitafrika Method at London South Bank University 2020
  • DECOLONIAL.SCHOLAR/
    • Artist-Scholar Statement
    • University of Toronto Artist-in-Residence (2022)
    • Decolonial Performance Praxis in Black Masculinities Theatre (2022)
    • Dubbin Monodrama: Black Masculinities in African-Diaspora Theatre (Spolrusie Press 2019)
    • Black Plays Matter (Canadian Theatre Review 2016)
    • The Anitafrika Method as an Arts-Based Health Intervention (2015)
    • r/evolution begins within (Canadian Theatre Review 2012)
  • Residencies/
  • PROJECTS/
    • Spolrusie Publishing
    • Anitafrika Method Podcast
    • UBUNTU! Decolonial Arts Centre
  • PUBLICS/
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    • Media
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d'bi.young anitafrika

  • HOME/
  • BIOGRAPHY/
  • PhD Thesis/
    • Phd Abstract
    • PhD Big Book
    • PhD Appendices
    • Phd Dubography
    • PhD Dubumentary
  • MY.STORY/
  • Archives (USD)/
    • plays
    • books
    • dub poetry albums
    • educational streaming licence
  • DUB.POET/
    • 333
    • d'bi & the 333
    • wombanifesto
    • civil rights mixtape
    • dubbin poetry book launch
  • PLAYWRIGHT.PERFORMER/
    • the sankofa trilogy
    • bathroom floor
    • the orisha trilogy
    • concrete jungle
    • the ibeyi trilogy
    • story come to town
    • dubbin theatre: the collected plays of d'bi.young anitafrika
  • DRAMATURGE.DIRECTOR/
    • speaking of sneaking by daniel jelani ellis (2023)
    • Lulu by Sashoya Simpson
    • Brown Girl in the Ring by Miranda Edwards
    • Jah in the Ever-Expanding Song by Kaie Kellough
    • 11:11 by Samson Bonkeabantu Brown
    • speaking of sneaking by daniel jelani ellis (2018)
    • Addicted by Raven Dauda
    • I Cannot Lose My Mind by Najla Nubyanluv
    • Oughtism by Faduma Mohammed
    • The Emancipation of Ms Lovely by Ngozi Paul
    • Who Am I by Webster McDonald
  • THEATRE.INTERVENTIONIST/
    • The Watah Theatre
    • Black Theatre School
    • The Anitafrika Method
    • The Watah Theatre/Archive
    • Anitafrika Method Masterclass Series
    • The Anitafrika Method at Obsidian Theatre 2025
    • Decolonial Frameworks by Black Arts Practitioners 2024
    • The Anitafrika Method at Soulpepper Academy 2024
    • The Anitafrika Method at Soulpepper Academy 2023
    • The Anitafrika Method at Rose Bruford College 2022
    • The Anitafrika Method at Rose Bruford College 2021
    • The Anitafrika Method at London South Bank University 2020
  • DECOLONIAL.SCHOLAR/
    • Artist-Scholar Statement
    • University of Toronto Artist-in-Residence (2022)
    • Decolonial Performance Praxis in Black Masculinities Theatre (2022)
    • Dubbin Monodrama: Black Masculinities in African-Diaspora Theatre (Spolrusie Press 2019)
    • Black Plays Matter (Canadian Theatre Review 2016)
    • The Anitafrika Method as an Arts-Based Health Intervention (2015)
    • r/evolution begins within (Canadian Theatre Review 2012)
  • Residencies/
  • PROJECTS/
    • Spolrusie Publishing
    • Anitafrika Method Podcast
    • UBUNTU! Decolonial Arts Centre
  • PUBLICS/
    • Performance Archive
    • Media
  • CALENDAR/
  • CONTACT/
March 05, 2018

Trauma and the Black Body

March 05, 2018/ d'bi.young anitafrika
Trauma and the Black Body

I have been thinking deeply about trauma and the way trauma impacts our entire humanity, in fact our entire planet;

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March 05, 2018/ d'bi.young anitafrika/
March 01, 2018

Blackness and Beauty

March 01, 2018/ d'bi.young anitafrika
Blackness and Beauty

I am first and foremost, an artist who centres my own liberation from the binding chains of race, gender, class and sexuality.

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March 01, 2018/ d'bi.young anitafrika/
February 18, 2018

Welcome to My Blog

February 18, 2018/ d'bi.young anitafrika
Welcome to My Blog

Welcome to my Blog.

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February 18, 2018/ d'bi.young anitafrika/
  • HOME/
  • BIOGRAPHY/
  • PhD Thesis/
    • Phd Abstract
    • PhD Big Book
    • PhD Appendices
    • Phd Dubography
    • PhD Dubumentary
  • MY.STORY/
  • Archives (USD)/
    • plays
    • books
    • dub poetry albums
    • educational streaming licence
  • DUB.POET/
    • 333
    • d'bi & the 333
    • wombanifesto
    • civil rights mixtape
    • dubbin poetry book launch
  • PLAYWRIGHT.PERFORMER/
    • the sankofa trilogy
    • bathroom floor
    • the orisha trilogy
    • concrete jungle
    • the ibeyi trilogy
    • story come to town
    • dubbin theatre: the collected plays of d'bi.young anitafrika
  • DRAMATURGE.DIRECTOR/
    • speaking of sneaking by daniel jelani ellis (2023)
    • Lulu by Sashoya Simpson
    • Brown Girl in the Ring by Miranda Edwards
    • Jah in the Ever-Expanding Song by Kaie Kellough
    • 11:11 by Samson Bonkeabantu Brown
    • speaking of sneaking by daniel jelani ellis (2018)
    • Addicted by Raven Dauda
    • I Cannot Lose My Mind by Najla Nubyanluv
    • Oughtism by Faduma Mohammed
    • The Emancipation of Ms Lovely by Ngozi Paul
    • Who Am I by Webster McDonald
  • THEATRE.INTERVENTIONIST/
    • The Watah Theatre
    • Black Theatre School
    • The Anitafrika Method
    • The Watah Theatre/Archive
    • Anitafrika Method Masterclass Series
    • The Anitafrika Method at Obsidian Theatre 2025
    • Decolonial Frameworks by Black Arts Practitioners 2024
    • The Anitafrika Method at Soulpepper Academy 2024
    • The Anitafrika Method at Soulpepper Academy 2023
    • The Anitafrika Method at Rose Bruford College 2022
    • The Anitafrika Method at Rose Bruford College 2021
    • The Anitafrika Method at London South Bank University 2020
  • DECOLONIAL.SCHOLAR/
    • Artist-Scholar Statement
    • University of Toronto Artist-in-Residence (2022)
    • Decolonial Performance Praxis in Black Masculinities Theatre (2022)
    • Dubbin Monodrama: Black Masculinities in African-Diaspora Theatre (Spolrusie Press 2019)
    • Black Plays Matter (Canadian Theatre Review 2016)
    • The Anitafrika Method as an Arts-Based Health Intervention (2015)
    • r/evolution begins within (Canadian Theatre Review 2012)
  • Residencies/
  • PROJECTS/
    • Spolrusie Publishing
    • Anitafrika Method Podcast
    • UBUNTU! Decolonial Arts Centre
  • PUBLICS/
    • Performance Archive
    • Media
  • CALENDAR/
  • CONTACT/

d'bi.young anitafrika

d'bi.young anitafrika is an African Jamaican playwright-performer, director-dramaturge and educator-scholar whose art addresses issues of gender, sexuality, race, class, ability and the human experience.

d’bi.young anitafrika