Written by Katherine Liao and Jeffrey Weeks Harrison
Music and Lyrics composed by Jeffrey Weeks Harrison
Mark Brennan: Director
Fred Ludenyi:Visual Arts Director
Music Director: Jeffrey Weeks Harrison
Choreography: Mr. Kwach
The Aga Khan Academy, Nairobi Senior School staged a musical drama called “Why the Birds Sing to Me” at the Oshwal Centre on Friday 24th May.
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JoAnn Mathenge – Maleeha Jaffer – Wahura Kabutha
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Global Citizenship and “Why the Birds Sing to Me.”
When His Highness the Aga Khan, introduced Kofi Annan at the Global Centre for Pluralism in May of this year, he highlighted Annan’s personal example of, “patience and persistence” and of a “willingness to listen and refusal to give up hope.” The distinction of such a great individual motivates me as an English teacher, to recognise how important our institutions are to the development of excellence in international education.
At the Aga Khan Academy, Nairobi, our students experienced an active sense of such qualities through the medium of music and drama. The production of, “Why the Birds Sing to Me” staged a context of child soldiers in Uganda. Significantly, the experiential learning underscored concepts of justice, fairness and obligation. “Justice” in the sense that our students learned to reach out and to explore the sociological perspectives of families and communities affected by conflict. “Fairness” in the sense that we began a transformation that may permit forgiveness to take shape. “Obligation” in the sense that the production was, and sadly still is, a campaign for peace and fairness.
To recognise the creativity of the actors and actresses, who engaged with the context of child soldiers so wonderfully, is important. They explored a territory with circumstances that are beyond most people’s imagination. I would like to suggest that this is critical to the development of learning in international education.
Becky Hodge – English teacher Aga Khan Academy, Nairobi
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