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Drama Women Authors

Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers

by (author) Makambe K. Simamba

Publisher
Playwrights Canada Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2021
Category
Women Authors, Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780369102423
    Publish Date
    Sep 2021
    List Price
    $18.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780369102447
    Publish Date
    Sep 2021
    List Price
    $13.99

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 15 to 18
  • Grade: 10 to 12

Description

Slimm, a seventeen-year-old Black boy in a hoodie suddenly finds himself in the first moments of his afterlife. He calls out for God. God does not respond. What happens next is a sacred journey through the unknown, as Slimm grapples with the truth of the life he lived and the death he didn’t choose.

Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers is a protest for all Black life beyond headlines and hashtags, a prayer for all families left behind, and a promise to the community that all Black lives matter.

About the author

Makambe K Simamba is a Dora Award–winning playwright and actor for Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers. Other plays include A Chitenge Story, The Drum Major Instinct Trilogy, Makambe Speaks and MUD. Select acting credits include A Chitenge Story, inVISIBLE, GIANT, Bea, Winners and Losers and SIA. She is the 2020/2021 Urjo Kareda Artist-in-Residence at the Tarragon Theatre. She recently co-directed inVISIBLE (Too) at the University of Lethbridge and is a resident member of the artist-run theatre company ARC. Makambe is proudly Zambian, and her intention is to be of service to her community through her ability to tell stories. She is based between Calgary and Toronto.

Makambe K. Simamba's profile page

Awards

  • Winner, Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play for Theatre for Young Audiences

Editorial Reviews

“Utterly gripping and rendered with great tenderness and bravery.”

S. Bear Bergman, Mooney on Theatre

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