A moment in time when doors closed and windows shut and I felt the duo scarlet arrive at the heated camp And our gaze met their eyes wide awake to catch the scuttling weak folks their ears strained to listen to the news of the broken souls a moment...
“What will this day be to me? How do I call it? The day that made me know That I am a human being. The day that make me realize That I am a part of people. The day I taste chocolate.” -Ojullu Opiew Ochan, Ethiopian Gambela refugee. I remember the...
Man can unite and become one flesh. Two can sit and build tower in the air. Snakes twine round each other and roll about and hiss, to win the mate. She can imagine it, I am a sparrow in the hand of prowler, rat under lion's jaws. I travelled on...
“Get a good idea, and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done, and done right.”—Walt Disney. Thank you Michael and Julianna. I also want to thank the Shangilia Youth Network for teaching me that anything is possible;...
Casey Scott Leach, a participant in the Dadaab Theater Project, shares his thoughts on the experience. The excerpt, from Paulo Coehlo's book the Pilgrimage, went like this: When you travel, you experience, in a very particular way, the act of rebirth. You confront completely new...
Mikayla Stanley, a participant in the Dadaab Theater Project, shares a poem. We performed in Kangemi A slum With an audience of 50 smiling,hopeful children Quiet as the mice that probably occupied the field we danced in. The field that looked as close to eden as anything ive ever seen. The...
Will Kiley, a participant in the Dadaab Theater Project, reflects on his experience. My time in Kenya was polarizing. Throwing up moments before Ojullu and I wrote our poem together (easily on of the biggest high lights of my experience). Walking through Kangemi and then immediately...
Kristopher Dean, a participant in the Dadaab Theater Project, shares his thoughts. I HAVE SPENT A WEEK LOOKING FOR WORDS I just don’t know how to feel about what I experienced in Kenya with the Dadaab theater project. I am only left with questions: Was I a...
Cameron Davis, a participant in the Dadaab Theater Project, shares a haiku. The African soul Stretches across space and time Who will hear the voice?...
Recently, the Dadaab Theater Project participated in a masterclass taught by poets Major Jackson and Jenny Browne during the Iowa Writers Program mission to Dadaab. Ojullu Opiew Ochan, member of the Dadaab Theater Project, shared his work with the poets and during the engagement...