Basal'ya bazoba was a music theatre project in Kinshasa, Congo, created to generate attention to the issue of child sorcery. In Kinshasa, an estimated 20,000 children live on the streets. 70% of them have become homeless after relatives accused them of witchcraft. These accusations give desperately poor parents an excuse to kick children out of their homes. In 2009, Theatre Embassy, Compagnie Dakar and K-Mu théâtre joined forces to create a participatory arts project about this topic. They offered theatre classes to street children and produced a highly successful show that was performed on the back of a flatbed truck all over Kinshasa, attracting more than 100,000 spectators. After each show, one of the actors facilitated a discussion with the audience in the presence of children who had been accused of sorcery.
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Website: http://www.kmu-theatre.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kmu.theatre
