36 min

Margins of Innocence Fragments Podcast

    • Performing Arts

The Margins of Innocence is a reflection on how the innocent can be taken advantage of by systematic governmental entrenched rasicm built up over centuries, that effect even British born children who have known no other country. Innocence can be stripped at a very early age, we may find ourselves on the margins without even realising we are on the margins. This is part 1 of number of pieces that will be released by Rank & File in the coming year.
a portrayal of the neverending fight to truly be oneself as an asylum seeker, a “perpetual lockdown”. Thabo said on the piece: “This piece was written because one can, in this country, write like this. Most of us are from countries that are dictatorships, and if we wrote, performed and published like this, we would for sure be abducted and killed for speaking out. That’s why I wrote this”.

The Margins of Innocence is a reflection on how the innocent can be taken advantage of by systematic governmental entrenched rasicm built up over centuries, that effect even British born children who have known no other country. Innocence can be stripped at a very early age, we may find ourselves on the margins without even realising we are on the margins. This is part 1 of number of pieces that will be released by Rank & File in the coming year.
a portrayal of the neverending fight to truly be oneself as an asylum seeker, a “perpetual lockdown”. Thabo said on the piece: “This piece was written because one can, in this country, write like this. Most of us are from countries that are dictatorships, and if we wrote, performed and published like this, we would for sure be abducted and killed for speaking out. That’s why I wrote this”.

36 min