ahdri zhina mandiela is a Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

-based dub poet, theatre producer, and artistic director

Artistic director

An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company, that handles the organization's artistic direction. He or she is generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the organization is generally a non-profit organization...

. She has gained worldwide acclaim for her books, music recordings, film, theatre and dance productions.
Mandiela is the founder and artistic director of "b current", a not-for-profit performance arts company in Toronto.

In 2006 she was selected to write and direct a project for Winnie Mandela as part of the 50th anniversary of the South African Women's Liberation Movement.

Books and music

• Speshal Rikwes [Poems in Dialect] (p. 1985)
• Dark Diaspora... in Dub (p. 1991)
• step into my head (1995)

Theatre

• A Midsummer Night’s Dream with "a contemporary, urban interpretation with a Caribbean twist." (2007)

"Who Knew Grannie: A Dub Aria" (2010)

Film

• on/black/stage/women a documentary covering 30 years of contributions made by Black women to Toronto's theatre scene.

Awards

• 2006 The Silver Ticket Award, for Outstanding Contribution to the Development of Canadian Theatre
• Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award
  Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award
  The Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award is a monetary award given since 1971 by the Canada Council for the Arts to Canadian artists judged to be outstanding in their mid-careers....
  
  - Theatre (2007)

External links

• jumping in head first: an interview with ahdri zhina mandiela Susan Gingell, University of Saskatchewan