S6Ep7| THE AFROPERA STORY OF NANA YAA ASANTEWAA part 1 - with Gorges Ocloo

AKADi Magazine

Gorges Ocloo is a multi-disciplinary artist whose expertise includes performance art, contemporary dance – he is a stage director, librettist and composer and co-artistic director of Antwerp-based performing arts theatre Toneelhuis in Belgium.
In this episode, Gorges talks about his AfrOpera - The Golden Stool, or the story of Nana Yaa Asantewaa, which comes to London's Barbican on 14 October.
This is a retelling of the Queenmother of Ejisu's story performed through 10 women of African descent.
This AfrOpera uses key classics from composers including Bizet and Handel to deliver a performance that challenges norms in opera while retelling the story of a powerful Asante woman.
Nana Yaa Asantewaa stood up to the British in 1900, rallied her people to fight back against them to defend and protect the sovereign independence of the Golden Stool.
The music in this episode is made exclusively for AKADi Magazine by Kyekyeku and the Super Opong Stars and is called 'Life No Dey Easy'.
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