Bonface Njeresa Beti is an African multi-disciplinary practitioner working through storytelling and theatre-making as a pathway to integrating trauma-informed approaches to structural change. His work has brought him to grassroots communities in Africa, and the world, to work towards breaking cycles of violence and creating stories of peace.  Bonface’s work uses Theatre of the Oppressed methodologies to deconstruct structural and internalized oppression as forms of emancipatory everyday peace. 

You don’t want to miss:

• The powerful story of how theatre changed Bonface’s life from a young age
• Examples of using theatre with youth and caregivers in the prison system
• How Forum Theatre was used to confront gender-based violence in Kenya
• Stories of using theatre to explore trauma and break the cycle of violence using a healing-centered lens
• Leveraging Playback Theatre to share stories of home with newcomers in Canada
• Lessons learned from a lifetime of using theatre to build peace
• And MORE!

Links and Resources

• Learn more about the Amani Peoples Theatre
• Check out the Red Thread Playback Theatre
• Find Bonface at the Green String Network and learn more about their work

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