Tony-award winning actress Joaquina Kalukango ever saw was Once On This Island. It was a transformative experience. “I just remember being so amazed at all of these people that looked like me,” Kalukango tells ESSENCE. “That story specifically hit me in a way-I had never seen a play or a musical at that time in my life so it was just the first of everything.
Of storytelling, music, dance, our stories being told for our people and our community. It hit me all at once.”In the past three years, Kalukango has been intentional about choosing roles that hit her in that same way. “I have had a reframing of my mind and trying to decolonize my mind in the stories that we’re telling,” she explains. “There are so many untold stories about the African diaspora.
And as much as I can to reveal that to share it, I want to do that. That’s definitely become my life’s mission now.”This mission was spurred after Kalukango completed her Tony-nominated performance as Kaneisha in the controversial and groundbreaking production of Slave Play. “What I was noticing for a while, even in school, was it was hard to find productions or plays specifically written for us, by us, directed by us.
What’s considered classical? Who are our greats? Ijust wanted to center myself. I wanted to center stories about us, trust our own voices.
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