Stylized
Blood.Claat
Life blood and deathblood experienced through the journey of 15 year old Mudgu Sankofa, surrounded by three generations of afrikan-jamaican-becoming -afrikan-canadian women: her family.
yagayah (two.womyn.black.griots)
Two women start out as teens living in the West Indies, sharing the kind of bond that only two young sistahz can. One is subjected to sexual abuse while the other has the opportunity to move to Canada and does so.
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First produced
2001, SummerWorks Festival, Toronto
Publication year
2003
Published by
Playwrights Canada Press
ISBN
0887546641
Included in Testifyin' Volume II, edited by Djanet Sears
Included in Testifyin' Volume II, edited by Djanet Sears
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