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November 2022- December 2022: I envisioned, produced and led 6 California-based artists traveled to Nigeria, and met with Badagry, Lagos-based Okachamma Dance Troupe, and embarked on a 3-week road trip through 10 locales in the Igbo Southeast region of Nigeria.
‘Obi gbawara’m//
My Heart Shattered or What happens after I die?’
a cultural documentation & multimedia performance project reactivating cultural practices and artifacts rooted in the Igbo traditions of Ọdịnanị and Ọmenala, as a point of departure for examining death and grief as memory and belonging.
Egwu Ọnwụ: A Mixtape for the Dead & Gone
Every track must come to an end, but you don’t have to…
If your final journey is to the land of ancestors, what would you leave behind? What would you take with you?
When Ahamefula is faced with these questions, posed by #7, a Messenger on ‘Onye Ozi’ Ancestor app, sent to collect them, their first instinct is to run, until #7 offers Ahamefula a chance not to be forgotten. ‘Mixtape of the Dead & Gone #1’, a shit-just-got-real Afro-Urban dance-theater tale exploring the limits of stunting and reality, vibes and inshallah, legacy, heartbreak, and acceptance.
Ge Onyene ha bu ge uzu ekwa ya ha.
Book Me
As part of ‘Obi gbawara’m//My Heart Shattered or What happens after I die?’ I am engaging in a series of communal cultural and artistic sessions/workshops drawing from Igbo traditions. Book me to host a session on the artistic peformance of mourning and death, as I’m learning from my own native customs.
Project Events & Dates.
June 2-4, 2022
Gbedu Town Radio: Mixtape for the Dead & Gone @ CounterPulse
San Francisco, CA
June 9-11, 2022
Gbedu Town Radio: Mixtape for the Dead & Gone @ CounterPulse
San Francisco, CA
June 18, 2022
OGB x Gbedu Town Radio Mo’ Fest
Huchiun, in unceded Lisjan territory, CA
November 2022
Dance Mission
San Francisco, CA
November 2, 2021
Ancestor Celebration
Huchiun, in unceded Lisjan territory, CA
January 2, 2022
Traditional Memorial Ceremony
Imo State, Nigeria
January 3, 2022
Ikwa Ozu
Imo State, Nigeria
January 28, 2022
Ikwa Ozu
Anambra State, Nigeria
February & March 2022
Performance of Grief Sessions
In Person & Virtual Dates TBA
April 3-15th, 2022
OGB x Gbedu Town Radio in the streets
Huchiun, in unceded Lisjan territory, CA
