The Institute of Literary Studies is inviting you to the Anitafrika Dub Praxis workshop with Dr d’bi.young anitafrika, an internationally celebrated biomythicist, theatre-maker, and decolonial pedagogue.
The workshop will take place on 20 March 2026 at 1 p.m., room 4.63. Please confirm your participation till 12 March 2026 at: canadian.katowice@gmail.com
The Anitafrika Dub Praxis: The Anitafrika Dub Praxis is a decolonial pedagogical framework, developed by Dr d’bi.young anitafrika, which integrates embodied learning, critical reflexivity, and relational accountability. It centres practitioners as whole subjects while supporting the generation of holistic creative works, including biomyth monodrama, African Dub Theatre, and devised ensemble performance, through somatic, relational, and critically conscious inquiry.
Dr d’bi.young anitafrika is an internationally celebrated biomythicist, theatre-maker, and decolonial pedagogue whose work spans performance, scholarship, and arts leadership across four continents. Laureate of the 2025 Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prize, they have shaped contemporary theatre and performance training through their pioneering methodology, the Anitafrika Dub Praxis—a system integrating the Anitafrika Method, Critical Dub Pedagogy, the Biomyth Three R Process and Dubography. Dr anitafrika has authored twelve plays, released seven dub poetry albums, published four poetry collections, and headlined festivals and theatre seasons worldwide. Their contributions have been recognised with numerous honours, including three Dora Awards, the Canadian Poet of Honour Award, a Siminovitch Playwrights Prize Finalist, and a Global Leader in Theatre and Performance distinction from Arts Council England.
