Celebrating 100 Years of Efua T. Sutherland
2024 - 2025
The 100th year anniversary of the birth of the celebrated Ghanaian playwright, poet, educator, cultural institution builder and pan-Africanist Efua Theodora Sutherland will be officially marked in Ghana and worldwide from 2024 to 2025.
The Efua Sutherland Centenary Project hopes to introduce this remarkable woman to new generations at home and abroad and to revive and strengthen her legacy.
Upcoming Events in 2024 - 2025
Season of Plays
All Year
The celebration will include a season of plays by Efua Sutherland coordinated by Image Bureau and produced by well known theatre companies in Ghana.
Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana and Rutgers University
March, 2025
“Continuity or Rupture?: A Conversation in Honour of Efua Sutherland & Her Contemporary Pathfinders” will examine the work of some prominent African scholars toward a new order of knowledge creation about Africa, and assess what progress has been made in positioning African knowledge systems as a foundation for scholarship about Africa..
Kodzidan 2.0 - Another House For Stories
All Year
A celebration of the work, narratives, philosophies, and legacy of Efua Theodora Sutherland from a variety of counter-cultural and contemporary perspectives, curated by Elisabeth Efua Sutherland.
Library of the African Diaspora (LOATAD) and Decolonizing The Archive (DTA)
All Year 2024
To commemorate the centenary of Efua Sutherland and her contribution to the African literary canon and cultural activism, LOATAD has teamed up with U.K.-based Decolonising the Archive (DTA) to present a year-long programme curated around Efua Sutherland's legacy, including a series of conversations, performances, and community outreach programmes.
Past Events
Playtime: Then and Now
May - July 2024
Spokane, WA, USA
For its February 2024 Labone Dialogues event, NYU Accra presents “Foundation & Future”, a centenary celebration of the life and legacy of Efua Theodora Sutherland.
All African Women Poetry Festival
23rd - 26th May 2024
The 2024 edition of the All African Women Poetry Festival (AAWPFestival) centers on the remarkable life and literary contributions of Efua Sutherland. The festival is themed "Poetry and Play" and will be held at the W.E.B. Du Bois Center in Accra. To be attended by poets, thinkers, healers, therapists and playwrights from across the African continent, it will include performances, dialogues, and playful engagements among other activities.
New York University - Accra Symposium
29th February 2024
For its February 2024 Labone Dialogues event, NYU Accra presents “Foundation & Future”, a centenary celebration of the life and legacy of Efua Theodora Sutherland.
Celebration Invitation
5 March 2024, 3:30 PM
Mmofra Place
Dzorwulu - Accra.
RSVP: EMMA OFOSUA - 024 778 3875
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