Ahdri Zhina Mandiela

ahdri zhina mandiela (born May 10, 1953 in Jamaica) is a Toronto-based dub poet, theatre producer, and artistic director. [ [http://www.answers.com/topic/ahdri-zhina-mandiela?cat=entertainment ahdri zhina mandiela] Answers.com] She has gained world-wide acclaim for her books, music recordings, film, theatre and dance productions. [http://www.griots.net/archives/mandiela/ mandiela] griots.net] [ [http://www.poetbureau.com/red/2004/bios.php?id=12 ahdri zhina mandiela] Poet Bureau] Mandiela is the founder and artistic director of "b current", [ [http://bcurrent.ca/about_how_we_feel.php b current] ] 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. [ [http://www.britgirlproductions.com/Sept_11.htm ahdri zhina mandiela and Ms. Winnie Madikizela - Mandela] Britgirlproductions.com]

Works

Books and music

*"Speshal Rikwes [Poems in Dialect] " (p. 1985) [ [http://www.biblio.com/books/60537965.html Speshal Rikwes] Biblio.com]
*"Dark Diaspora... in Dub" (p. 1991) [ [http://openlibrary.org/b/OL8353822M Dark Diaspora... in Dub] OpenLibrary.org]
*"step into my head" (1995) [ [http://cdbaby.com/cd/azmandiela ahdri zhina mandiela] CD Baby]

Theatre

*"A Midsummer Night’s Dream" with "a contemporary, urban interpretation with a Caribbean twist." (2007) [ [http://www.canstage.com/2006-2007/media/images/play_9.asp A Midsummer Night’s Dream] ]

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 [ [http://torontoist.com/2006/06/the_dora_awards_1.php The Dora Awards] Torontoist]
*Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award - Theatre (2007) [ [http://origin.www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2007/10/03/council-award-midcareer.html Canada Council names 2007 winners of mid-career award] CBCNews]

ee also

*Postcolonial feminism

References

External links

* [http://postcolonial.org/index.php/pct/article/viewFile/587/331 jumping in head first: an interview with ahdri zhina mandiela] Susan Gingell, University of Saskatchewan