JAHAZI YAELEA

Oct 16

Caroline Ngorobi | Mombasa, Kenya | Kenya

I was excited when I saw Bakanal De Afrique, I had never been part of an art fellowship, here was an opportunity to work with different artists from all over the world. Mi Soon Come, at first this theme sounded technical, I wondered what to create, then there it was , my story, my journey of travelling against all odds to find myself. This personal experience and a combination of other people’s stories of being branded black sheep for not living by their family’s expectations. Human stories I had read and heard. Stories that triggered my imagination. These inspired my creation.

Jahazi Yaelea (My Boat is Floating) is a 4 minute monologue, that explores vehicles as a means to finding oneself. The piece explores intrapersonal and interpersonal conflicts, consequences and the joy that comes with moving to find your right soil. As a human being it’s important to understand the kind of plants that you are, then go and look for your soil. It is not always ‘ideal’ but you don’t discover who you are until you find your right soil. As a theatre maker, I express myself and mirror societal issues, with this piece I say it is ok to drop the baggage that is societal expectations.

Production Credits

Theatre direction : John Wasonga
Stage manager - Prudence Shambi
Set design - Martina Ayoro and Francis Billy
Sound technician- Obed Onsario
D.O.P -Kelvin Kavita
Technical director -Anthony Mbithi
Script and performance -Caroline Ngorobi

Technical Details
MP4, 1280 by 720, 25fps

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Caroline Ngorobi

Theatre Producer/Performer

Mombasa | Kenya

Caroline Ngorobi is a theatre producer and performer from Mombasa Kenya. She joined the theatre scene in 2005 in Nairobi as an actor featuring in a number of stage plays, films and has been a voice artist with Deutsche Welle. She believes every experience is a story waiting to be told.

She moved to Mombasa where founded Jukwaa Arts Productions in 2015. Since then she has worked as a producer and performer. Her work fuses drama, movement and poetry. She uses applied theatre to tell contemporary stories. She has began experimenting with physical theatre to promote and preserve culture while exploring its intersection with emerging and popular culture. Her work involves using the transformative tool of theatre to evoke emotions and provoke thought on touchy subjects like sexual harassment, juvenile crime and taboos in the African Culture.

In 2018, she presented a performance at the Bagamoyo International Festival of Arts and Culture in Tanzania which was facilitated by a grant from the British Council. Through a grant from Art Moves Africa, she was able to be part of the Producers Academy in Belgium and the Kunstenfestivaldesarts in 2019.

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