- This event has passed.
Monday, March 5, 2012 7:30 p.m.
Fambul Tok
Director: Sara Terry
Monday, March 5, 2012
at 7:30 p.m.
Pollak Theatre
Victims
and perpetrators of Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war come together for
the first time in an unprecedented program of tradition-based
truth-telling and forgiveness ceremonies. Through reviving their ancient
practice of fambul tok (family talk), Sierra Leoneans are
building sustainable peace at the grass-roots level–succeeding where the
international community’s post-conflict efforts failed. Filled with
lessons for the West, Fambul Tok explores the depths of a
culture that believes that true justice lies in redemption and healing
for individuals–and that forgiveness is the surest path to restoring
dignity and building strong communities.