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M Ensemble’s 1972 River Niger Captures Conflict in Black Lives

M Ensemble Company revives the 1972 award-winning The River Niger capturing a crossroads in Black life in America with a depiction of passionate, intelligent people debating diametrically opposed philosophies of how Black citizens should fight for justice in a racist world.

Posted on February 12, 2023 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Andre Gainey, Carolyn Johnson, Chat Atkins, Jade Jones, Jean Hyppolite, Joseph A. Walker, Kedar Myers, Keith C. Wade, M Ensemble Company, Martin Davis, Nairobi, Roderick Randle, The River Niger, Tyquisha Ariel Braynen, Xavier Latortue | Leave a comment