‘Rethinking Good Intentions’, with Nancy Edwards
In this solo story-telling play, Nancy Edwards – a Canadian community health nurse – takes us to the rural villages of Sierra Leone in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. Her heart-felt stories of village life convey the ravages of tuberculosis; threats of witchcraft; and tragedies of deaths related to pregnancy, childbirth, and newborn tetanus. She celebrates mothers and local advocates for health improvements. While acknowledging her role as a cultural outsider, Nancy takes us behind-the-scenes and shares how her West African experiences shaped her life and research career.
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This play is based on a portion of Nancy’s memoir, Not One, Not Even One: A Memoir of Life-Altering Experiences in Sierra Leone, West Africa (FriesenPress 2022, 318 pages).
The performance will be followed by a panel of discussants at York University, including Salewa Olawoye (director, Tubman Institute), James Orbinski (director, Dahdaleh Institute), David Peters (dean, Faculty of Health), and Mary Wiktorowicz (chair & associate director, Dahdaleh Institute).
A co-sponsored event with the Faculty of Health, the School of Global Health, and the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas.
Join us on Tuesday, October 8, at 1 p.m. ET in the Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre, York University.