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'We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika Between the Years 1884 - 1915' by Jackie Sibblies Drury is opening soon at the Bush ● “This isn’t that kind of Africa. Ok? We already Wikipediaed this.”● This board takes a look at how the play has been represented in other productions, and presents some of the things that have inspired us. Think of it as a rehearsal room wall.
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Underground Library
Black Film
Doing The Right Thing
Black Actors
U Bahn
Creative Lifestyle
African Diaspora
Kinds Of Clothes
New York Public Library
Doing the Right Thing: Black Film and TV in a Biased World
Roun’ here, they only got the one way of being black, and sooner or later that’s the black you gonna be. Ain’t no diversity of product [here], they just got this one box for all of us, and sooner or later they gonna squeeze you in that box right along with the rest of us.’ - a few brief lines of dialogue taken from Richard K Morgan’s candid and emphatically named Black Man. Micah Yongo looks at Black Film and TV in a Biased World in an interesting article for Media Diversified.
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Rehearsal Room
Presentation
Take That
Actors
The actors get to grips with the rhythms of the piece with Sola.
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Cards Against Humanity
Production Meeting in the Rehearsal Room! Rehearsal photos taken by Richard Davenport
a group of young people standing on top of a stage with their arms in the air
The Cast
Facebook Page
It Cast
Couple Photos
The cast in action! Production Photos taken by Robert Pattison. You can see the full album on our Facebook Page: http://on.fb.me/1cSFeGF
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Puppet History
Avant Garde Film
William Kentridge
Light Art Installation
Historical Museum
South African Artists
African Artists
Animated Drawings
Animated Images
William Kentridge TheBlackBox.wmv
A source of inspiration for Jackie Sibblies Drury when writing We Are Proud to Present… William Kentridge. Kentridge is a South African artist who engages with many mediums including drawing, film, sculpture, and printmaking. Drury was particularly inspired by Kentridge’s piece Black Box / Chambre Noir, a multimedia installation that combines projected animation and mechanical puppets and is specifically about the Herero genocide.
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The Blame Game
Blame Game
Empty Words
Trayvon Martin
Open Season
Bait And Switch
Story Of The World
Black Families
Black Man
Whitewashing Black History Month | Gary Younge
'Black History Month...gives us all a chance to rescue stories that have been discarded, correct stories that have been mistold and elevate stories that have been downplayed.' Gary Younge discusses Arizona state's whitewashing of Black History Month and the perspectives that determine our understanding of history.
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Music
Be Proud
Percussionist of We Are Proud to Present... and Jamiroquai, Sola Akingbola talks about his favourite instruments and how his African roots have influenced his music. Official Website / Sola Akingbola
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Reading
Writing
History
Classroom Resources
Interesting Articles
Resource Classroom
Pop Culture
White
'A HISTORICAL GUIDE TO HIPSTER RACISM'...Racialicious look back at the last seven years they have spent unpacking the worrying phenomenon of Hipster Racism
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Victory Gardens
Victory Garden
West Africa
Design Project
Costume Design
Design Projects
Victorious
The first ever production of We Are Proud to Present... opened at Victory Gardens Biograph Theater in Chicago.
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Philadelphia Poster
Theatre Inspiration
Theatre Company
Storytelling
Poster Art
InterAct Theatre Company in Philadelphia's poster art for We Are Proud to Present...
"Upon killing a German soldier, a Herero warrior would remove the uniform and adopt it to his personal dress as a symbol of his prowess in battle. Paradoxically, as with the Victorian dresses, the wearing of German uniforms became a tradition that is continued to this day by Namibian men who honour their warrior ancestors during ceremonies, festivals and funerals." 19th Century Dress, Colonial Dress, Yellow Suit, Century Dress, European Dress, Afro Punk, Patchwork Dress, In The Desert, Cool Costumes
19th Century Dress
Colonial Dress
Yellow Suit
Century Dress
European Dress
Afro Punk
Patchwork Dress
In The Desert
Cool Costumes
Jim Naughten
"Upon killing a German soldier, a Herero warrior would remove the uniform and adopt it to his personal dress as a symbol of his prowess in battle. Paradoxically, as with the Victorian dresses, the wearing of German uniforms became a tradition that is continued to this day by Namibian men who honour their warrior ancestors during ceremonies, festivals and funerals."
"In the European scramble to colonise Africa, Kaiser Wilhelm’s Germany claimed one of the least populated and most hostile environments on the planet. Rhenish missionaries set about converting and clothing after European fashion. Over time, this became a Herero tradition. Gradually, regional variations in the silhouette emerged; for example, the addition of 'cow horns' to headdresses reflects the great importance with which they regard their cattle." Patchwork, Herero Dress, Patchwork Fashion, Nice Clothes, Folk Dresses
Patchwork
Herero Dress
Patchwork Fashion
Nice Clothes
Folk Dresses
Jim Naughten
"In the European scramble to colonise Africa, Kaiser Wilhelm’s Germany claimed one of the least populated and most hostile environments on the planet. Rhenish missionaries set about converting and clothing after European fashion. Over time, this became a Herero tradition. Gradually, regional variations in the silhouette emerged; for example, the addition of 'cow horns' to headdresses reflects the great importance with which they regard their cattle."
a woman standing in the middle of a field wearing a colorful dress and yellow hat
Xhosa Traditional Attire
Colorful Dress
Gown Pattern
African Woman
Traditional Attire
Traditional Fabric
African Countries
Jim Naughten
Jim Naughten's amazing photographs of the Herero: "Each image", he explains, is "reveals a material culture that harkens the region’s tumultuous past: residents wear Victorian era dresses and paramilitary costume as a direct result and documentation of its early 20th century German colonization."