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Impact Repertory Theatre As A Tool Of Empowerment: Black Youth Describe Their Experiences And Perceptions, Asantewa Fulani Sunni-Ali
Impact Repertory Theatre As A Tool Of Empowerment: Black Youth Describe Their Experiences And Perceptions, Asantewa Fulani Sunni-Ali
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This qualitative phenomenological study explores the role of Theatre as a tool of empowerment for Black youth. This study involves IMPACT Repertory Theatre of Harlem (IMPACT), a Theatre group that consists of Black youth between the ages of 12-19. Observations, focus-group interviews and audiovisual material were used to explore Black youth's experiences with and perceptions of Theatre via IMPACT. The existing literature surrounding the topic of Theatre for youth empowerment contains the following gaps: they do not give a voice to the youth in question, they are seldom conducted in the U.S. and they do not specifically focus on Black …