Abuja Festival Promotes Peace-building Through Performing Arts

Abuja International Theatre Festival premiered November 1, 2023, with a spotlight on the role of the performing arts in peacebuilding and diplomacy.

Themed: “Peacebuilding, Performing Arts and the Society”, the maiden festival scheduled from October 31 to November 5, 2023, highlights the role of culture in the promotion of peace, understanding and cooperation amongst cultures and societies.

In his address to the media, the festival director, Jerry Adesewo said the theatre has proven itself, “a steadfast companion, offering solace, reflection, and a lens through which to examine our shared humanity.” This shared humanity is exemplified in the festival’s opening play, The Alienist by Brazilian author, Machado De Assis, which universalised the shared experience of how treading on the murking edges of science, the absence of self-regulation, and the relegation of the public’s opinion, can lead to drastic consequences.

Describing De Assis as the Brazilian Shakespeare whose works still resonate with present happenings in contemporary society, the outgoing Brazilian Ambassador to Nigeria, Ronaldo De Lima, stressed that art is not just an expression of beauty, but a means of diplomacy for social change.

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