Re: RAT OyamO

[leewochner@movingarts.org (Lee Wochner)]

Kelly:

But didn't you read all those posts? Once he gets the grant money, HE
SUCKS! There's no way out! God, I hope he can't afford his rent! If we're
lucky, maybe he's homeless -- then we'll know he's good.



At 10:41 PM 6/24/99, KSTUARTXX@aol.com wrote:
>I just read a great (new?) play by OyamO (a.k.a.Charles F. Gordon) about
>William Sheppard, the first black missionary sent into the Congo... set
>around 1890- 1910 or so.. deals with Belgian King Leopold, cannibalism (which
>grew out of the horrible corruption of colonialism), and Sheppard's attempt
>to create "one black nation" which tribesmen in Africa responded to with...
>'who are black people?'  It's  scary, hilarious, theatrical and smart.  Do
>people know OyamO's work?  This play is wonderful. He deserves to get A LOT
>OF GRANT MONEY for writing it.
>
>Kelly Stuart

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