Year and length: | 2023, 70' |
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Concept, text, set design, direction and performance: | Princess Isatu Hassan Bangura |
Dramaturgy: | Giacomo Bisordi |
Music: | Edis Pajazetovic |
Costume design: | Tricia Mokosi |
Lighting design: | Sander Michiels |
Performance coach: | Peter Seynaeve, Reintje Callebaut |
Production: | NTGent |
Co-production: | Via Zuid, Likeminds |
Princess Isatu Hassan Bangura - Great Apes of the West Coast

Description
As an attempt to compose a love letter to her people and to re-discover her West-African roots, Great Apes of the West Coast is a raw and powerful Afro-futuristic solo performance, that tells the story of the West-African culture through the voice of a woman born and raised there.
It is the tale about bringing the sound, the voices, and the language of a West-African tribe to Western theatres. Princess Isatu Hassan Bangura takes a trip down memory lane to craft a new identity and retell her personal story from a new perspective.