Uhuru
Mshale, a Mount Kilimanjaro tour guide, dreams of marrying a white woman and moving to the West. Sprite doesn’t like white people and sets out to decolonize what he deems “his mountain”. Henry and Frannie are white missionaries who claim to be Tanzanian. Uhuru is a dramedy that follows this unlikely foursome, as they journey together to the roof of Africa.
Brandon E Burton and Manu Kumasi in a workshop production of Uhuru at Yale School of Drama, 2019
Photograph by Henriëtte Rietveld
Awards/Honors
Alley Theatre Alley All New Festival (Selected), 2024
ACT Contemporary Theatre New Works Northwest (Selected), 2024
American Blues Theater Blue Ink Award (Featured Finalist), 2023
Premiere Stages at Kean University Play Festival (Finalist), 2023
Playwrights Foundation Bay Area Playwrights Festival (Finalist), 2021