Soapbox recommends - Afrikaaps

Few productions play such an important role in understanding the history of language and colonialism. Afrikaaps is a must see!
Tour dates4 oktober: Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam (Rabozaal)
5 oktober: De Gouvernestraat, Rotterdam
6 oktober: Stadsschouwburg Utrecht (kleine zaal)
7 oktober: Toneelschuur, Haarlem
13 oktober: Bijlmerparktheater, Amsterdam
15 oktober: LUX, Nijmegen

For more info check: http://www.theglasshouse.nu/

Afrikaaps - Saturday September 10: Info sharing session with the cast

Afrodam welcomes Afrikaaps!!
The ever so marvelous Afrikaaps-crew arrived on Dutch soil. Join us on Saturday September 10 for this warm, insightful "Welcome to Afrodam!"-info sharing session where poets, writers and/or MC's unite and create.

AFRIKAAPS is a cutting-edge hiphopera about the history of Afrikaans, tracing its origins back to 1600s and its evolution into the 21st century. Featuring an all-star cast including hiphop poet and performer Jitsvinger, jazz piano prodigy Kyle Shepherd, vocalist and poet Blaq Pearl, Hiphop activist and mc Emile Yx Jansen, Rapper and b-boy dancer Bliksemstraal, singer and dancer Moenier Adams, bass...ist and electronic producer Shane Cooper and poet and storyteller Jethro Louw of the Khoi Khonnexion.

The basics
Date: Saturday September 10
Time: From 13.30h until 17.00h
Location: Kauwgomballenfabriek (the corner of daniel goedkoopstraat and paul van vlissingenstraat)
Entrance: Free but you're more than welcome to donate a poem.

To sign up please send an e-mail with your full name and telephone number to: soapbox.amsterdam@gmail.com

Workshop infoEmphasis in the workshop will also be placed on the the Dutch / South African historical connection, language, colonialism and slavery. The results of this meeting and reflection will inspire and also inform Afrikaaps upcoming show in NL.

We'll be starting things off with a fascinating documentary about the process, the project and the cast!

For more info about Afrikaaps please click here.

This gathering is a co-production of The Glasshouse, Soapbox and RE:Definition.

Upcoming edition: Sunday September 4

Peace folks,
September 4 was supposed to be the day of our first speaker contest but since we didn’t get the minimum number of 5 people to sign up, we decided to flip the script. We invited Zawdie Sandvliet and Joao Richmond to present the two statements they each sent us (as part of the contest’s selection procedure) and engage in a building session about the following four topics:

1. Black Unity - The social, cultural, economic ...and political need for the Afrodiasporic and African communities in the Netherlands to unite.
Presented by: Joao Richmond

2. Blaxplanation - Explaining Black identity in a white society
Presented by: Zawdie Sandvliet


3. Black Beauty – How the Eurocentric beauty standards affect us
Presented by: Joao Richmond

4. What must we learn from Frantz Fanon’s ‘Black skin, white mask’Presented by: Zawdie Sandvliet

Doors open: 14.30h
The first speaker hits the mic at: 15.00h
Entrance: € 3
Location: To be announced a.s.a.p. but it will be in our beloved Amsterdam Zuidoost.

And no, we have NOT given up on the idea of a speaker contest so please stay tuned for more info.

Peace,
Soapbox