Ngwino Ubeho
Rwandan playwright and actress, Odile Gakire Katese's original play with music and movement, reflects back fifteen years, as her country recalls the violence of the genocide, and then moves on towards exploration of what it means to truly heal and move into the future with hope and possibility.
Ngwino Ubeho is in no way a historical drama. It's in fact a story of the human spirit and how one can have hope and actual vision for a future in Rwanda. “Ngwino Ubeho” attempts to reconcile the past with the future, life with death, pain with joy… It tries to reconcile Rwandans with themselves, with happiness, with their history, with death, with the present and the future.
It’s an attempt to give life to the dead and to propose an appeased memory…
« You unfurl the wings of time And to both tips You tie all the threads That weaves my name. You take a handful Of the earth that covers me And infuse each speck With a breath of eternity…» « Every morning, I get up at dawn I search for you in the thick cotton fog I turn every ray of sun Upside down Take my hand And let me pull you out Of the dark abyss where you fall A little more every day Yes, take my hand Now »
