On October 22-24, – in cooperation with the NYU Tisch School of the Arts Center for Art & Public Policy, the Tisch Institute of Performing Arts at NYU, the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue at NYU (Anna Deavere Smith, Founding Director), and Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s National Black Theatre, NOW AFRICA – a group of New York based African writers, actors, producers and community activists presented its second annual playwrights festival, conceived to showcase and raise awareness of dramatic works by African writers.
NOW AFRICA was conceptualized by Mfoniso Udofia and produced with ChiChi Anyanwu, Ngozi Anyanwu and Erin Cherry. Educational Theatre Specialist Gwendolen Hardwick, Tisch NYU Art & Public Policy Chair Kathy Engel, Marketing Consultant Zakeya Monique and Financial Consultant Kim Holten round out the NOW AFRICA team. Over the span of three days, the NOW AFRICA: Playwrights Festival explored the theme, Africa and Her Children: Bridging the Continental Divide. They reintroduced New York City to the masters of African dramatic literature and spotlight also shone on the writers who are excavating this year’s theme such as NSangou Njikam!
Thank you for joining us!
