Enjoy this beautifully filmed performance of Blood.Claat, Benu & Word! Sound! Powah! made by Nayani Thiyagarajah. This purchase is for personal use only. If you are seeking permission for public streaming or educational use, please visit Educational Streaming License.

THE SANKOFA TRILOGY is d'bi.young anitafrika's two-time Dora Award winning premiere tryptich of solo-performance works. It features the plays Blood.Claat, Benu & Word! Sound! Powah!  It journeys through extraordinary stories of 3 generations of powerful Jamaican womxn – Mudgu Sankofa, her daughter Sekesu and her granddaughter Benu – and their resolute belief in blood, truth and r/evolution. Blood.Claat was nominated for 5 Dora Awards including Outstanding Design, Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Production.

FOUR STARS!!!! | REMARKABLE!!!! | The Toronto Star
BLOOD.CLAAT is a story about a 15-year-old girl’s coming of age and how she learns to love herself. Dora Award winning for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Performance by a Womxn - d'bi.young anitafrika

FOUR STARS!!!! | COMPELLING!!!! | The Toronto Sun
BENU is a story about Sekesu’s motherlessness and motherhood. She transforms through the mythology of the ancient phoenix bird rising. Benu was a Critic's Pick production.

FOUR STARS!!!! | ELECTRIFYING!!!! | Now Toronto
WORD! SOUND! POWAH! is a story about the rebirth of dubpoetry and r/evolution in Jamaica through the emergence of a brilliant group of young storytellers led by Benu. Word! Sound! Powah! was a Critic's Pick production.