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d'bi young

d’bi.young.anitafrika is a jamaican-canadian dub poet, actor, and playwright who believes in life. love. and revolushun. her first play yagayah, co-authored with naila belvett, was published in volume II of Testifyin’: Contemporary African Canadian Drama edited by djanet sears in 2003. her first book of poetry art on black was published by women’s press in 2006. blood.claat is the first play in the three faces of mudgu trilogy. the other two plays are androgyne and chronicles in dub.

d’bi.young has performed extensively throughout canada, the caribbean, latin america and europe. she has produced four dub poetry albums and is currently working on her fifth, entitled “ky.ky” – a cuban-canadian musical collaboration. she has been featured in numerous productions including canada’s hit musical drama ‘da Kink in my hair, and canada’s first afro-canadian sitcom “Lord Have Mercy.”

her other writings have appeared in Fireweed, Contemporary Verse, She Speaks, and the African Canadian Theatre Review. she is currently completing her second manuscript of poetry entitled rivers…and other blackness…between us. recently, she was appointed to a two-year residency at the Soulpepper Theatre Academy.

d’bi.young.anitafrika resides in toronto canada with her sun: moon.

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