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People's Popular Theatre - East Africa

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People's Popular Theatre (PPT) is a community-based group that uses theatre to raise awareness about discrimination on the basis of gender, religion, or disability. The organisation conducts research on traditional cultural art forms and practices, exploring how they affect gender relations and then working to correct gender imbalances in society through performance art. In addressing these issues, PPT uses African artisitic modes to strengthen cultural identity. PPT focuses most of its activities in Kenya.
Communication Strategies

PPT is composed of members formerly in the Free Travelling Theatre (FTT) and Literature Students Association (LSA) of the University of Nairobi. Sociologists, political scientists, gender analysts, anthropologists, theatre educators, community social workers, and economists are members of the group. PPT presents plays, such as "When the Current is Too Strong", a play to help the Ministry of Finance staff adapt to changes being undertaken in a restructuring process. These performances have been bolstered by PPT members' attendance at workshops that focus on teaching communities to use theatre for community capacity building.


Other performance projects - some of which have involved advocacy work - have focussed on poverty, sexual harrassment, violence against women, AIDS awareness among university students, education for girls, the International Women's Day Celebration, civic education, street children, and women and the constitution review. One recent performance involves deconstructing myths that have a negative bearing on women. PPT also organises cultural events and promotes the use of popular theatre as a teaching and awareness tool.

Development Issues

Gender, Rights, Women.

Partners

University Students AIDS Control Association (USACA), Women Student Welfare Association (WOSWA), Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), COVAW, Un-Habitat and Department of Housing, Purple Image Productions, GTZ-Kenya, Constitution of Kenya Review Commission, Collaborative Center For Gender And Development under National Civic Education Programme (NCEP).

Sources

Letter sent from Kimingichi Wabende to The Communication Initiative on July 24, 2002.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 11/16/2005 - 07:50 Permalink

it stunk

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 02/21/2006 - 09:35 Permalink

I need East African Royal People