David Gilbert is a director and theatre maker from Zimbabwe. He has assisted many large productions and directed smaller projects in young companies across London for the likes of Tricycle Theatre, Young Vic, Almeida Theatre, Halfmoon Theatre,

Groundings #8: Hero - In conversation with Frances-Anne Solomon

Oct 17th, 2019 50m 39s

Picking up where we left of last cast, we're still meditating on Hero, but this time with Director Frances-Anne Solomon. Discussing being part of the 'born free' generation, adopting a decolonial approach to writing and directing film and chann

Groundings #7: Hero - In conversation with Nickolai Salcedo

Oct 5th, 2019 47m 26s

Frances-Anne Solomon's 'Hero' is an inspiration to us. From its depiction of a critical stage in the Pan-African struggle to its juxtaposition of archival material with dramatic sequences, there is a lot to talk about. In this episode, we were

Groundings#6: Sankara - The Upright Man

Jan 1st, 2019 1h 2m

Designed by Pierre-Christophe Gam, “Sankara, The Upright Man” is a mix-media installation offering an apocryphal retelling of the life of Thomas Sankara, the late president of Burkina Faso. The work can be found here: https://www.pierre-chris

Groundings#5: Digitising the Diaspora w/ Wikipedia

Sep 18th, 2018 45m 50s

Wikipedia is the 5th most popular website in the world, yet there are more articles on the Netherlands alone than the whole of the African continent! Is it time we rebalanced the scales? Open knowledge advocate and award-winning Wikipedian Kell

Groundings#4: Fowokan

Jun 29th, 2018 1h 21m

DTA's mission is to deprogram the understanding of history and culture we learnt during colonisation and enslavement and replace it with a holistic understanding of what our history is, and what its function is in our lives. As part of our rece

Groundings#3: Noises in the Blood

Mar 20th, 2018 40m 3s

Professor Carolyn Cooper is a giant in her field. A pan-africanist scholar- activist of international standing whose work both celebrates and critically analyses of the popular culture of her home country Jamaica. In this episode (named after P

Groundings#2: Living History

Mar 4th, 2018 22m 24s

What does the Black Panther movie say about how people of African heritage engage with their history? This episode takes two scenes from the film - one set in the British Museum and one set in the Ancestral plane to explore the idea that we sho