Award-winning playwright-performer, director-dramaturge and activist-scholar d’bi.young anitafrika is this year’s Lehan Family Activism & the Arts Lecturer, who will be speaking on the topic of “Dub Performance as Decolonial Praxis”. Book launch & signing to follow talk.
As a performance artist, educator, scholar, and parent, d’bi.young anitafrika possesses a unique voice that crosses cultural boundaries and transcends artistic disciplines.
d’bi.young anitafrika is one of several poets whose work provides public art for riders of the subways in Toronto. Their poem love speak invites commuters to contemplate how we communicate from a place of love with each other.
d’bi.young anitafrika shares an excerpt from Trey Anthony’s ‘da kink in my hair in celebration of Weyni Mengesha’s Legacy Awards
d'bi.young anitafrika Speaks on Panel with Artists Winsom Winsom, Pamela Matharu, Moderated by Sara Edo to Open the Toronto Biennial 2024.
Black artists, join acclaimed artist d'bi.young Anitafrika on Thursday, July 25 for Self-in-Transformation: Introduction to the Anitafrika Method & Decolonial Performance Praxis.
Dear Global Village, on behalf of our Soulpepper Academy artists, we would like to invite you to a public sharing of their works-in-progress on August 3 & 4 from 7-10pm in the Tank House Theatre.
d’bi.young anitafrika teams with both their Siminovitch Playwright Award Protege nominees Sashoya Simpson and daniel jelani ellis to direct “Lulu” a new play written by Sashoya Simpson, and starring daniel jelani ellis and a phenomenal cast.
July 19-27, 2024 Westdale Theatre
d’bi.young anitafrika designs and facilitates the Community Music Schools of Toronto’s premiere Performance Arts Leadership Summer Program culminating in a community performance.
Journey into the world of playwriting using the groundbreaking Anitafrika Method. This 12-week online course, led by renowned artist and Siminovitch Prize playwright finalist d'bi.young anitafrika, offers participants an opportunity to dive deep into decolonising, indigenising, and interiorising modes of playmaking, using the ground-breaking Anitafrika Method. Dismantle colonial tropes and models and unearth your unique storytelling process.
Ubuntu! Fest & Symposium SATURDAY MARCH 30, 2024 FROM 10AM-6PM EST
THE WATAH THEATRE AND UBUNTU! DECOLONIAL ARTS CENTRE PRESENT THE DECOLONIAL FRAMEWORKS SYMPOSIUM FEATURING WORKSHOPS BY NINE BLACK ARTS PARTICIPANTS OF THE DECOLONIAL FRAMEWORKS PROGRAM; FACILITATED BY D’BI.YOUNG ANITAFRIKA USING THE ANITAFRIKA METHOD AND FUNDED BY CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS
I am my Black Joy is a self-transformation and creative writing course for Black womxn and non-binary artists, hosted by Ubuntu! Decolonial Arts Centre and facilitated by d’bi.young anitafrika using the Anitafrika Method.
Ubuntu! In collaboration with Spolrusie Press, Decolonial Arts Centre offers a unique opportunity for writer-performers, dub poets, spoken word artists, and storytellers to publish their creative works. This 3.5-month online publication residency, led by d’bi.young anitafrika, will immerse participants in the Anitafrika Method, providing comprehensive mentorship, editing, and design services. The program, from March 3 to May 2, includes professional cover design, ISBN registration, and 10 free printed copies of the final work. Alumni of d’bi.young anitafrika's previous courses receive a discounted rate for this transformative journey towards becoming a published author in 2024.
d’bi.young anitafrika has been invited back to Regent Park School of Music to facilitate the third Anitafrika Method Decolonial Arts Residency: I AM, supporting youth musicians to develop critical thinking, reflexivity and a holistic music and life practice.
d’bi.young anitafrika will launch their first published collection of award-winning plays. More info to come…
d’bi.young anitafrika performs poems from their recently launched Dubbin Book Series featuring dubbin theatre: the collected plays of d'bi.young anitafrika and dubbin poetry: the collected poems of d'bi.young anitafrika at the Drake Hotel as the featured performer in the Toronto Poetry Slam.
d'bi.young will be reading excerpts of their internationally celebrated performance works written over the last twenty-five years at Black Theatre Workshop launch of Dubbin Book Series.
d'bi.young will be reading excerpts of their internationally celebrated performance works written over the last twenty-five years at Black Theatre Workshop launch of Dubbin Book Series.
Learn more about theMasculinities Symposium and register HERE.
Ginnal is sure like never before: he must make it to Foreign. When he meets a Spider who sets him on the journey, Ginnal faces the cost of freedom.
Soulpepper Theatre presents an evening of poetry and q and a with d’bi.young anitafrika who will launch their latest published collection of poetry at Tank House Theatre at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts. RSVP Here.
Join Soulpepper Theatre Academy for their culminating showcase of Term One: Decolonial Performance Praxis and Biomyth Making Using the Anitafrika Method, led by d’bi.young anitafrika. RSVP Here.
Dear Global Village, on behalf of our Soulpepper Academy artists, we would like to invite you to a public sharing of their works-in-progress on August 3 & 4 from 7-10pm in the Tank House Theatre.
d’bi.young anitafrika shares the Anitafrika Method with BIPOC producers from across Canada.
The Anitafrika Method, formulated by d'bi.young anitafrika, cultivates critical consciousness in arts practitioners through a decolonial, anti-oppressive, and trauma-informed approach. Rooted in Ubuntu and Sankofa philosophy, and aligned with Black queer feminist principles, this transformative pedagogy fosters holistic creative actualization and decolonial performance practice, designed for everyone.
Set in present-day Toronto, the play follows Lulu Kromanti, a fun-loving headstrong girl of Jamaican descent and the only granddaughter of Grandma Clarice.
I am my Black Joy is a self-transformation and creative writing course for Black womxn and non-binary artists, hosted by Ubuntu! Decolonial Arts Centre and facilitated by d’bi.young anitafrika using the Anitafrika Method.
Self-Transformation Through Decolonisation is a decolonial online course for global majority arts practitioners, hosted by Ubuntu! Decolonial Arts Centre and facilitated by d’bi.young anitafrika using the Anitafrika Method.
Decolonising My Self/Decolonising My Practice is a decolonial online course for white arts practitioners, hosted by Ubuntu! Decolonial Arts Centre and facilitated by d’bi.young anitafrika using the Anitafrika Method.
I am my Black Joy is a self-transformation and creative writing course for Black womxn and non-binary artists, hosted by Ubuntu! Decolonial Arts Centre and facilitated by d’bi.young anitafrika using the Anitafrika Method.
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.
