510 Likes, 21 Comments - Inua Ellams FRSL (@inuaellams) on Instagram: "My theatre face."
I spent a week in India, Delhi and Kerala, performing An Evening with An Immigrant, and found other resonances, other parts of our world that reflect the ideas and themes of the play.
India is vast, over a billion people and over a thousand dialects and language spoken, across many religions. The current Prime Minister, Modi, is essentially a Hindu Trump, who’s nationalist ideas and beliefs is manifesting in a bill of law that stems the migration of Muslims into India and, makes many who have settled there, illegal immigrants.
Many have been campaigning, mostly led by muslim women, who are out on the streets, taking over public roads and spaces, hosting sittings, chanting, praying and refusing to budge while their children write poetry, sing and host political rallies and speeches. As I struggle to finally settle my immigration battles, they help me consider what I have achieved and what so many stand to loose.
452 Likes, 9 Comments - Inua Ellams FRSL (@inuaellams) on Instagram: "From last week's trip to Delhi & Kerala. Good people, Good vibes. X"