ABOUT US

African Stages Association was established in June 1997. At that point and now, there is no other African theatre or performing Arts Company in all of British Columbia. This theatre group was created to fill that void by staging theatrical shows for sharing African cultural heritage. The group works on an Ad Hoc basis using resources generated by volunteers in the Community. Up till date we have had many staged performances of Izabobo, The Dance of The Leopard, The Lioness Can Also Roar, The Surrogate Mother and several African Storytelling Festivals.

We also offer mentoring to dancers and dance companies who want some help getting started or want to increase the level of their current activities.

Our Vision

Our vision is to create a well-informed Canadian multicultural society, which in turn will lead to a healthier environment for empowering people of other cultures in contributing to Canada and their home countries as well.

Our Mission

• Artistic: Using theatre as an artistic device to reach out and educate the main stream on African culture and thereby promoting harmony in the community.
• Educational: To use the performing Arts media to empower immigrant youths in dealing positively with different challenges that they face in their new land.
• Philanthropic: Using Theatre Arts to raise funds as an incident for the purposes of the society, i.e. to help those in need educationally and economically.
• Charitable: Linking North America and Africa in areas of need and fraternity.