Comfort Adesuwa Ero

Comfort was raised in a Nigerian Bini chief's household, where tradition and culture are passed on to the child by the ever-present grandparents, uncles, aunties and cousins who all live within the same household. Comfort has learned and told folktales and songs ever since she learned to talk.

Her vivacity in this regard prompted her parents to send her to school in the city. She studied languages and drama and became a teacher at a time when it was very unpopular in Africa to send girls to school. She has over twenty years of experience as a classroom teacher and principal in Nigerian and Canadian high schools and colleges.

Academic qualifications:

B.A. (French)
Postgraduate Diploma in Education
Master in Education
BC certified teacher

Comfort is currently the artistic director of Zibota Moonlight Theatre and African Stages Association of BC.

Profession:

Teaching
Storytelling and Social work Member of: BC College of Teachers
Puente Theatre
Vancouver Society of Storytelling
Victoria Storytellers' Guild
Board member Collingwood Neighbourhood House