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ahdri zhina mandiela (born May 10, 1953) is a Toronto-based dub poet, theatre producer, and artistic director.[1] She has gained worldwide acclaim for her books, music recordings, film, theatre and dance productions.[2][3] Mandiela is the founder and artistic director of "b current",[4] a not-for-profit performance arts company in Toronto.

In 2006 she was selected to write and direct a project for Winnie Mandela as part of the 50th anniversary of the South African Women's Liberation Movement.[5]

Works

Books and music

• Speshal Rikwes [Poems in Dialect] (p. 1985)[6]
• Dark Diaspora... in Dub (p. 1991) [7]
• step into my head (1995)[8]

Theatre

• A Midsummer Night's Dream with "a contemporary, urban interpretation with a Caribbean twist." (2007)[9]
• "Who Knew Grannie: A Dub Aria" (2010)

Film

• on/black/stage/women a documentary covering 30 years of contributions made by Black women to Toronto's theatre scene.

Awards

• 2006 The Silver Ticket Award, for Outstanding Contribution to the Development of Canadian Theatre[10]
• Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award – Theatre (2007)[11]

See also

• Postcolonial feminism

References

External links

• jumping in head first: an interview with ahdri zhina mandiela Susan Gingell, University of Saskatchewan

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