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THE STORY

At fifteen years old, Kelechi left Nigeria for the United States, leaving her family and her culture behind. Fifteen years later, she is now a best-selling novelist and must return to Nigeria to care for her ailing father. Before she can say goodbye, however, she must relearn the traditions she had wiped from her memory. Kelechi’s homecoming soon becomes a head-on collision with her culture, trauma, family history, and the love of those who never forgot her.

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THE STORY

Paulina, the reigning queen bee at Ghana’s most exclusive boarding school, has her sights set on the Miss Global Universe pageant. But the arrival of Ericka, a new student with undeniable talent and beauty, captures the attention of the pageant recruiter—and Paulina’s hive-minded friends. This buoyant and biting comedy explores the universal similarities (and glaring differences) facing teenage girls across the globe.

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OVERVIEW

Here, at the corner of a country that feels both foreign and familiar, three orphaned, stateless youth have built a simple life out of recreation and mischief-making. Their world is rocked as a parade of immodest strangers slowly invade, offering gifts of language, medicine, art, and commerce. As the lure of development blurs their beliefs, life and landscape mutate, threatening their long-held values, community, and humanity. In a comic spectacle to challenge the pretense of altruism and civilization, Frontieres Sans Frontieres asks what happens when generosity looks a lot like self-interest? How to comprehend when the promise of language matures to the tyranny of words? Who wins and who loses in a war to hold on to the people and places we love?

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​OVERVIEW

A woman tries to feed her husband a fried drumstick. Dragons roam a flat earth. The last Black man in the whole entire world dies again. And again. Careening through memory and language, Parks explores and explodes archetypes of Black America with piercing insight and raucous comedy. A riotous theatrical event, The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World hums with the heartbeat of improvisational jazz.

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OVERVIEW

Combining West African folklore and contemporary American culture, If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must be a Muhfucka follows four teenage girls as they grapple with societal definitions of beauty. In the fictional setting of Affreakah-Amirrorkah, the four young women – Kaya, Massassi, Adama and Akim – are given an opportunity to live in a society where their individual beauty can reign supreme. But this opportunity comes at a dangerous cost.

Tori Sampson's hilariously provocative play doesn’t ask the question "How much is beauty worth?" but rather, "Why are so many willing to pay its price?" 

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Humana Festival 2014: The Complete Plays

by Amy Wegener (Editor), Kimberly Colburn (Editor), Les Waters (Foreword)
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Featuring:
  • Winter Games by Rachel Bonds
  • Partners by Dorothy Fortenberry
  • The Grown-Up by Jordan Harrison
  • Poor Shem by Gregory Hischak
  • The Christians by Lucas Hnath
  • brownsville song (b-side for tray) by Kimber Lee
  • Some Prepared Remarks (A History in Speech) by Jason Gray Platt
  • Steel Hammer by Kia Corthron, Will Power, Carl Hancock Rux and Regina Taylor
  • Remix 38 by Jackie Sibblies Drury, Idris Goodwin, Basil Kreimendahl, Justin Kuritzkes, and Amelia Roper
​Humana Festival 2014: The Complete Plays brings together all nine scripts from the 2014 Humana Festival of New American Plays, the 38th cycle of world premiere productions staged at Actors Theatre of Louisville. This unique compilation features a remarkable array of work by some of the most exciting voices in the American theatre, from the crisis of faith that ripples through a church after its pastor makes a startling announcement (The Christians), to the tremendous loss felt after a young man is killed in a senseless act of violence in his inner city neighborhood (brownsville song [b-side for tray]), to the tricky shifts in dynamics that occur in a friendship and a marriage when sudden wealth comes into play (Partners). This imaginative and daring collection of plays is a must-have for anyone seeking current, creative, and ambitious theater.

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Audiobooks

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Through her eyes, the moving story of a young Rwandan girl born with club feet and the risk she takes for the chance to walk on the bottoms of her feet for the first time.

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Rebeka Uwitonze was born in Rwanda with curled and twisted feet, which meant she had to crawl or be carried to get around. At nine years old, she gets an offer that could change her life. A doctor in the US might be able to turn her feet. But it means leaving her own family behind and going to America on her own. 

Her Own Two Feet tells Rebeka's inspiring story through her eyes, with the help of one of her hosts. She travels from Rwanda to Austin, Texas, to join the Davis family, despite knowing almost no English. In the face of dozens of hospital visits and painful surgeries, Rebeka's incredible bravery and joyful spirit carry her to the opportunity of a lifetime. A stunning debut about hope, perseverance, and what becomes possible when you take a risk."

"Immigrants; we get the job done"

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Yvonne Orji, Diane Guerrero Among Stars to Narrate ‘Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World’ Audiobook (Exclusive)

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"A continuation of the New York Times best-selling series, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World is packed with 100 bedtime stories about the lives of 100 extraordinary women from the past and the present. This volume recognizes women who leave their homeland to seek refuge, to realize their dreams, and to share their invaluable contributions with the world.

The latest installment in the New York Times best-selling Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series, featuring 100 immigrant women who have shaped, and will continue to shape, our world.
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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World is the third book in the New York Times best-selling series for children. Packed with 100 all-new bedtime stories about the lives of incredible female figures from the past and the present, this volume recognizes women who left their birth countries for a multitude of reasons: Some for new opportunities, some out of necessity. Listeners will whip up a plate with Asma Khan, strategize global affairs alongside Madeleine Albright, venture into business with Rihanna, and many more."
Copyright Mirirai Paidamoyo Sithole Szaja Lyubov 2022 / MMXXII
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