This is a Free 6-Week Residency (online) to support us as we navigate COVID-19, lockdown, and the ongoing devastating effects of systemic oppression in the world. It is as introduction to the Anitafrika Method guided by d’bi.young anitafrika. The course runs from Day 0 Mon April 20 to Saturday May 30, 2020, with Sundays off and is divided into 3 Areas of Focus: Self-Recovery, Creativity and Community. The schedule consists of a daily Gratitude activity, mind-body wellness activity from a chosen integrative wellness Workbook, and a daily Anitafrika Method activity. There are three LIVE with d’bi sessions on Instagram daily: 10am, 1pm and 6pm where you can ask questions and participate in conversations with the rest of the artists-in-residence globally. This course is an introduction to the Anitafrika Method and offers exercises and activities that are appropriate for the online medium of instruction.
The Residency nurtures critical reflexivity as a decolonial tool in holistic healing, creativity and leadership within local and global community. The program is set to London UK time. You can join at any point during the Residency and substitute suggested activities with those of your choice. You can join @dbiyounganitafrika. To view individual Residency Days, click on Residency Days, then open the page menu and hover over Free Online Residency, where you will see all your options.
Week 1+2: Self Recovery - Mon April 20-Sat May 2
Week 3+4: Creativity - Mon May 4-Sat May 16
Week 5+6: Community - Mon May 18-Sat May 30
Culminating Ceremony - Saturday May 30, 2020
The Anitafrika Method is a holistic, critically-reflexive, decolonial praxis created by d’bi.young anitafrika. It is a practitioner-centred arts-based intervention that nurtures self-recovery, creativity & communityship. Fundamental principles of the framework are Self-Knowledge, Politics, Orality, Language, Rhythm, Urgency, Sacredness, Integrity and Experience, explored through the Energy, Spiritual, Mental, Community, Emotional, Exchange, Creative, Physical and Earth Bodies.
Rooted in the emancipatory Dub Poetry & Dub Theatre that emerged out of Jamaica in the 1980s, the method is directly influenced by Anita Stewart’s 1985 Drama School dissertation entitled Dubbin Theatre: Moving Dub Poetry Into a Theatrical Realm. Practitioners move through an embodied process of self-reflection, using their creativity to catalyse personal growth while cultivating critical thinking and doing skills to enact community change.
Anitafrika Method applications include personal, professional and community development in healing, recovery, actualisation, playmaking/playwriting, solo performance, visual and performing arts, dramaturgy, drama therapy, conflict resolution, transformational justice, health intervention, anti-racist and anti-oppression facilitation, decolonising curricula, critical pedagogy and community building. Click here read more about the Anitafrika Method.