• Home
  • Bio
  • Media
    • Read
    • Watch/Listen
  • Speaking
  • Work with me
  • Contact

MsAfropolitan

FEMINISM. PAN-AFRICA. SOCIAL CRITICISM. DIASPORA. CULTURE.

  • feminism
  • Africa
  • Pop Culture
  • Social Criticism
  • decolonisation
  • Afropolitanism
  • seven
  • Sensuous Knowledge
    • Sensuous Knowledge references and recommended reading
    • International
    • Sensuous Knowledge news
  • Other Books
  • The MsAfropolitan Philosophy Book Club @ Waterstones

I Stand Corrected tackles homophobia in South Africa and Britain straight on

November 21, 2012 By MsAfropolitan Leave a Comment

I Stand Corrected by Mojisola Adebayo and Mamela Nyamza

“I’ll tell you what’s unnatural. Forcing a cock into a woman’s cunt!”

These are the heated words that Charlie Browning,  a character played by Mojisola Adebayo, yells halfway through a new theatre and dance collaboration at the Ovalhouse Theatre, I Stand Corrected. The production sees two of Africa’s most renowned performers, the critically acclaimed Danish-Nigerian playwright, Mojisola Adebayo, and Mamela Nyamza (recently named by Oprah Magazine as one of the top 25 women in the world) come together to create a fiery, mesmerizing artistic response to the dialogue that is taking place around so called corrective ‘hate’ rape in South Africa and  the anti-gay marriage lobbyism in the UK.

I Stand Corrected is a simultaneously beautiful and sorrowful tale about love. It is an honest narration of the story of two black African lesbian lovers wanting to marry each other with fatal results. In my last post I wrote about the pressure the marriage institution has on African women and the show made me reflect over the way this patriarchal pressure manifests beyond the limits of heterosexuality, while limiting lesbian women from fulfilling their vows, and working in brutal ways to ostracise people.

The opening performance received a deserved standing ovation, this was an audience that had laughed, sang, cried and interacted with the story in captivating ways. There was no post-theatre chatter after the curtains closed, instead guests gathered themselves in contemplative, touched silence.

Unfortunately the topic matter in I Stand Corrected is not fictitious but a harsh reality. Only last week, another hate murder of a woman named Sihle took place and the Triangle Project estimate around ten hate rapes of lesbians take place each week in South Africa. In the UK lobbying over gay marriage continues to intensify.

If you are one for an evocative performance – think anger, joy, tears, humour, awe, irony and hope – as well as a powerful protest performance at that then you should without a doubt catch I Stand Corrected. Showing  from 20th November – 8th December at Ovalhouse.

 

Filed Under: feminism, Pop Culture

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Feminism. Africa. Popular Culture. Social Criticism.

Hi! I'm Minna Salami, I'm a Nigerian-Finnish and Swedish writer and social critic, and the founder of the multiple award-winning blog, MsAfropolitan, which connects feminism with critical reflections on contemporary culture from an Africa-centred perspective. As a lecturer and keynote speaker, I have spoken at over 300 universities, cultural events and conferences, on five continents. I am the author of "Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone - a collection of thought provoking essays that explore questions central to how we see ourselves, our history, and our world." (Harper Collins US) Read full bio

View My Blog Posts

Follow Us

Facebooktwitterrsstumblrinstagrammail

Stay tuned

Subscribe to get new updates directly to your inbox. By subscribing you are consenting to my privacy policy, which you can find below the subscribe button.

Privacy Policy

https://msafropolitan.com/gdpr

An African Feminist mixtape

Essay: Oyalogy – A poetic approach to African feminism through Yoruba mythology

ESSAY: A brief history of African feminism

ESSAY: A brief history of African feminism

VIDEO: TEDxTalk – To change the world, change your illusions

VIDEO: TEDxTalk – To change the world, change your illusions

VIDEO: ARISE TV TALKING AFRICA INTERVIEW

VIDEO: ARISE TV TALKING AFRICA INTERVIEW

Recent Comments

  • baodautuchiase on In which even the university of Cambridge admits that ancient Egypt was Black African
  • Matthew J Powell on There were no matriarchies in precolonial Africa
  • Tom on Stop categorically blaming white men for everything, it’s lazy
  • pachinkositeinfo on What is the purpose of education? What can we learn from Liberia
  • reelgame.site on What is the purpose of education? What can we learn from Liberia

Sensuous Knowledge – Get the book (US version)

Sensuous Knowledge – Get the book (UK version)

Archives

  • January 2022 (2)
  • December 2021 (1)
  • August 2021 (1)
  • May 2021 (5)
  • April 2021 (3)
  • March 2021 (4)
  • December 2020 (1)
  • October 2020 (1)
  • September 2020 (3)
  • May 2020 (1)
  • April 2020 (2)
  • March 2020 (4)
  • February 2020 (2)
  • January 2020 (1)
  • December 2019 (1)
  • November 2019 (1)
  • July 2019 (1)
  • May 2019 (1)
  • March 2019 (4)
  • February 2019 (1)
  • December 2018 (2)
  • November 2018 (1)
  • October 2018 (2)
  • August 2018 (1)
  • July 2018 (2)
  • June 2018 (2)
  • May 2018 (2)
  • March 2018 (2)
  • February 2018 (2)
  • January 2018 (1)
  • December 2017 (1)
  • November 2017 (1)
  • October 2017 (2)
  • September 2017 (3)
  • August 2017 (6)
  • July 2017 (1)
  • June 2017 (3)
  • May 2017 (6)
  • March 2017 (2)
  • February 2017 (3)
  • January 2017 (2)
  • December 2016 (1)
  • November 2016 (3)
  • October 2016 (3)
  • September 2016 (2)
  • August 2016 (2)
  • July 2016 (2)
  • June 2016 (1)
  • May 2016 (3)
  • April 2016 (1)
  • March 2016 (2)
  • February 2016 (2)
  • January 2016 (3)
  • December 2015 (2)
  • November 2015 (3)
  • October 2015 (4)
  • September 2015 (4)
  • August 2015 (3)
  • July 2015 (2)
  • June 2015 (3)
  • May 2015 (4)
  • April 2015 (4)
  • March 2015 (10)
  • February 2015 (4)
  • December 2014 (3)
  • November 2014 (5)
  • October 2014 (1)
  • September 2014 (2)
  • August 2014 (4)
  • July 2014 (3)
  • June 2014 (3)
  • May 2014 (5)
  • April 2014 (4)
  • March 2014 (2)
  • February 2014 (4)
  • January 2014 (3)
  • December 2013 (3)
  • November 2013 (4)
  • October 2013 (3)
  • September 2013 (4)
  • August 2013 (5)
  • July 2013 (4)
  • June 2013 (4)
  • May 2013 (6)
  • April 2013 (3)
  • March 2013 (7)
  • February 2013 (3)
  • January 2013 (5)
  • December 2012 (4)
  • November 2012 (9)
  • October 2012 (8)
  • September 2012 (4)
  • August 2012 (6)
  • July 2012 (6)
  • June 2012 (5)
  • May 2012 (8)
  • April 2012 (7)
  • March 2012 (5)
  • February 2012 (4)
  • January 2012 (6)
  • December 2011 (5)
  • November 2011 (6)
  • October 2011 (6)
  • September 2011 (8)
  • August 2011 (6)
  • July 2011 (5)
  • June 2011 (5)
  • May 2011 (5)
  • April 2011 (4)
  • March 2011 (7)
  • February 2011 (6)
  • January 2011 (7)
  • December 2010 (5)
  • November 2010 (9)
  • October 2010 (7)
  • September 2010 (5)
  • August 2010 (4)
  • July 2010 (6)
  • June 2010 (5)
  • May 2010 (3)
  • April 2010 (3)
  • March 2010 (1)

more articles

Interview in Evolve Magazine

January 29, 2022 By MsAfropolitan 1 Comment

… [Continue Reading...]

100 things to recolonise

January 7, 2022 By MsAfropolitan 3 Comments

… [Continue Reading...]

Copyright MsAfropolitan © 2022