#hearword

#Repost @ajokesilva • • • • • Just before our final show of the festival. We feel highly honoured that #HEARWORD was the inspiration for the theme of this years Lessing Festival #HEARWORLD 🔊🔊 in Hamburg at the #Thalia theatre💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾 #pavillonafriques https://www.instagram.com/p/BtBNDxcnHe0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8hssf1hy1k8u

Last night @theafricacenter for a most powerful work of performance art #HEARWORD ! @hearwordnaija by director writer @IfeomaFafunwa hosted by award winning author & filmaker Uzodinma Iweala @uiweala CEO at the beautiful #TheAfricaCenter in #Harlem for two sold out performances of this masterful play Hear Word! It was⚡️🔥💥🏆 🎯⚔️💯‼️👑 combining artistry, social commentary & true-life stories of gender inequality & transformation. Moderated by Nigerian-American actress, director & writer Adepero Oduye @crownpeace The #NewYorkTimes gave it a 5 🌟 star review! at the #UnderTheRadarTheaterFestival the previous week at @thepublictheater @nytimes stated that "By the end of Hear Word!, the brightness radiating from its all female cast has the glare & heat of a raging bonfire". Using their #NIGERIANstories as a tool for a Global movement for #femaleempowerment for #genderequality against #childmarriage #fgm #femalegenitalmutilation etc #timesup HEAR WORD! NAIJA WOMAN TALK TRUE is inspired by multi-generational stories of inequality & transformation. Staged by director & writer Ifeoma Fafunwa, the show grapples with the issues affecting the lives of women across Nigeria & the factors that limit their potential for independence, leadership & meaningful contribution in society. Combining song & dance with intimate portraits of resilience & resistance, the show celebrates women who have broken the culture of silence, challenged the status quo & moved beyond barriers to achieve solutions. HearWord! #changestartswithus #hearwordnaija #empowerment #nigeria #jollof #omo #yoruba #nigeriancreatives #naija #africanwomen #madeinafrica #nigerian #offbroadway #womensmarch #ifeomafafunwa #iopeneye #jokesilva @taiwoajailycett #ufuomamcdermott @ufuomamcdermott @elvinaibru @zaraudofiaejoh @odenike @edward.rita @debbieohiri @omonor @oluchi_odii (at The Africa Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs1Fs9QFRaN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xhtyrrkj34hw

Only reason the @americanrep house is empty is because the whole cast of #HearWord is in the lobby celebrating a powerful performance. Thanks for your voices, women 💥🌎👭 #theater #hearwordnaija #speakyourtruth (at American Repertory Theater)

@Regranned from @vulzluv - I use God name beg una, choose the cheaper option if you please, I will never reduce quality, we are plenty in the industry, so it's a thing of choice. If you cannot afford it at Selfridges or Harrods, please visit Peckham or Barking market, option plenty 🤣. I'm not running a race with anyone, na only heavenly race I dey run. Thank you! #worldpeople #peopleoftheworld #hearword - #regrann (at Lagos State)

You must not dance #onecorner in the church o! Make una #hearword Via @crazywarri #WarriUpdate #WUP #Warri #WarriAds (at Warri, Nigeria)

Thank you @datwarrigirl, make dem #hearword! #WarriUpdate #WUP #Warri #WarriAds (at Warri, Nigeria)

⭕A Sunday well spent! Church, #NHCGDayOut (where I went over budget buying hair goodies), then I watched #HearWord. I saw it last year, and it's still as amazing as the first time. ⭕A stellar cast (with my absolute favorite @AjokeSilva - the Ìyá Ọlọjà character is 🙌🏾 and the lovely @UfuomaMcDermott as Sister Esther is a showstopper 😂), and wonderful stories that will make you sigh, tear up, laugh (sometimes all at once). Amazing talent, and a cast like no other. Well done, ladies. Art as a vehicle for change ❤️.