This play is an innovative storytelling and oral history body of work influenced by the discovery of Chief Maqoma’s stick in the National Museum of Ireland. The stick came to Ireland in 1873 and was donated to the Museum in 1880. The language of colonisation and migration comes to life through challenging whitewashed history and most especially opening the conversation on repatriations.
Nandi Jola was born in Gqeberha, South Africa and came to live in Ireland and Northern Ireland in 2001. She holds a Master’s Degree in English (Poetry) from Queen’s University Belfast. Her plays include 'The Journey' (Dublin Theatre Festival), the topically titled 'Partition' (Belfast Film Festival 2021) and 'Mama Don’t Lie' was showcased by Smock Alley/ Dublin Theatre Festival/Rachel Baptiste Programme 2022.
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