The MANIFESTO team would like to congratulate the amazingly talented D'bi Young on her newest work "the sankofa trilogy" which had its opening night this past Friday!

"The Sankofa Trilogy is d’bi.young anitafrika’s offering to her mother who taught her dubpoetry. to her grandmother who taught her resilience. to jamaica who taught her black is beautiful. to canada who taught her wombanism. and to the world who is teaching her love.

the name sankofa references the ancient ashanti adinkra symbol the sankofa bird which means toreturn and get it. in blood.claat,  benu, and word! sound! powah! d’bi.young returns to her own childhood, returns to memories of her family’s past, and returns to the herstories of her ancestors to get the knowledges that will teach her how to better love herself, her children, her peoples, her planet, and the entire universe."

About D'bi

"d’bi.young is an afrikan-jamaican-canadian playwright-performer whose socially-conscious theatre work has made an indelible mark upon the canadian and global psyche. she first exploded onto the scene in 2001 as the unbelievable storyteller in ‘da kink in my hair. since then she has written 7 plays: solitary, yagayah (published), androgyne (excerpt published), she, domestic and the sankofa trilogy, featuring the award winning monodramas blood.claat, benu, andword! sound! powah! her groundbreaking biomyth sorplusi method assists artists worldwide with developing their personal integrity in art-making."

The play runs until December 4th 2011 at the Tarragon Theatre

for more information visit:

http://tarragontheatre.com/season/1112/the-sankofa-trilogy/