WORLD CHILDREN’S DAY: A call for Botho/Ubuntu
PUT CHILDREN FIRST ON WORLD CHILDREN’S DAY, ASSITEJ SA SAYS PUT CHILDREN FIRST - A CALL FOR BOTHO/UBUNTU PERSONIFICATION IN TIMES OF WAR AND CONFLICT Botho/Ubuntu is a Southern African concept that espouses the rights of human beings. It could be translated to...
O Di Bona Jwang? Being a cave, becoming a sun
"Sesotho ha se tolokwe" is an expression that could loosely be translated to mean “what is said is as is, open to own interpretation – how you hear it (…).” You might recall dear members that at the beginning of the year, I had a chat with ChatGPT and asked for a...
POTSO KA POTSO; Curious or Judgemental?
This month, I have spent time thinking about the things - “little” or “big” - that may compromise people’s mental health. More importantly, I have pondered on how artists creatively address mental health, while taking care of their own mental health. I guess I am...
Ha e iphetsetse ka e e hlabileng; I am apologising for myself
Ha e iphetsetse ka e e hlabileng is a Sesotho expression that may loosely be translated to mean, one does not revenge on the one who initially afflicted harm on them. I argue that unless we consciously learn through our lived experiences, we are likely to inflict harm...
BABEL workshop unites TYA artists across Africa
ASSITEJ SA hosted African artists from across the continent under the "Babel" African Regional workshops at the Cradle of Creativity festival BABEL (or The Art of Listening in Theatre for Young Audiences, commonly known as TYA) is a European Large-scale Cooperation...
Our Collective Cradle Story
A collective storytelling exercise OUR COLLECTIVE STORY During the Cradle of Creativity festival, delegates entered into a collective storytelling exercise, described below: Dear Delegates,Together, over the next week, we are going to be collaborating...
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