Discussions during the panel titled, 'Between the Virtual and the Physical' on Day 1 at the AfTA 2025 conference, 'African and Afrodiasporic Theatre in the Digital Age at the University of Stuttgart.

Praise Zenenga, a panelist at the AfTA annual conference, 'African and Afrodiasporic Theatre in the Digital Age', 10-12 July 2025 at the University of Stuttgart.

Janine Lewis, a panelist at the AfTA annual conference, 'African and Afrodiasporic Theatre in the Digital Age', hosted by the University of Stuttgart.

AfTA conference at the University of Stuttgart Germany 10-12 July 2025

AfTA conference at the University of Stuttgart Germany 10-12 July 2025. Tshwane University of Technology Pretoria hosts AfTA in 2026.

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This week at the New Ultramodern Int’l Market IDP Camp in Benue, we brought theatre to life with displaced communities, no stage needed. Just people, play, and purpose. They showed up ready to Play for Resilience. 🌍🎭 #PlayingforResilience #1.6.24 #WBW2025

Through play, first-time performers created powerful, original theatre—full of honesty, humor, and hope. Massive thanks to our amazing donors who made it possible. Your support is changing lives. 🙏🏾 @PatrickShort @MicheleChung + more

There is no shortage of Brilliance on this planet, just a reluctance to offer it and a resistance to accept it ~ Sandra Cavanaugh sandracavanaugh.com Sandra Cavanaugh

Last week, Access to Play worked with women at the Makurdi IDP camp to explore Gender-Based Violence (GBV) through theatre & embodiment. Real stories. Creative resistance. Together, we rise. #EndGBV #AccessToPlay #PlayingForResilience #TheatreForChange #IDPCamp

At Benue IDP camp, adolescents use improv games to build active listening & communication skills — play as healing in trauma settings. #AccessToPlay #ImprovHealing #BenueIDP

Women in Benue IDP camp play percussion, listening & adding their own beat in a drama-based learning session inspired by Theatre of the Oppressed. #AccessToPlay #Collaboration #HealingThroughPlay

Adesokan writes with the confidence of a maestro, guiding every word and scene with precision, each moment rising and falling in the perfect rhythm of a language. Simply put, he is a master of the English language. His narrative voice is warm, erudite and steady...

They came quiet, carrying more than school bags—fear, silence, loss. Then one girl reached for another’s hand… and laughter returned. At Access to Play, we create safe spaces where children heal through play, trust, and joy. #PlayEvenInCrisis #AccessToPlay

Femi Osofisan's Many Colours Make the Thunder-King (Des couleurs à foison font le roi du tonnerre; trans by Christiane Fioupou into French) has been selected by La Maison Antoine Vitez (2025) maisonantoinevitez.com/fr/palmares-ai…

You may remember an article in a South African newspaper [I don't remember which one, but they did interview me then] a few months back reporting that my books and those of Nadine Gordimer were used to train ChatGPT without our permission. Some of you who are bo-tsebanyane

AfTA 2026 conference at TUT celebrates Interartistic Afrikan Performance in the 21st century tut.ac.za/latest-news/81… #AfTA_News

Biyi Bandele (13 October 1967 – 7 August 2022)

Zoe Charlotte Wicomb 23 November 1948 – 14 October 2025