Internationally acclaimed performance artist and NYC Bessie Award Winner Albert Ibokwe Khoza teams up with award-winning director Princess Mhlongo in the black circus of the republic of bantu. This installation-based performance reflects on damaged ethnic pride and pays tribute to Sarah Baartman and ancestors whose bodies were exploited, inviting audiences to confront and acknowledge this painful history.
Internationally acclaimed performance artist and NYC Bessie Award winner Albert Ibokwe Khoza collaborates with award-winning director Princess Zinzi Mhlongo to present The Black Circus of The Republic of Bantu.

This installation-based performance reflects on ethnic beauty and pride systematically damaged over generations. It confronts the legacy of early studies that dehumanized black bodies as “different species” and asks how we reconcile this painful history. The artists pay tribute to Sarah Baartman and the many Africans whose bodies were exploited, honoring ancestors who sacrificed for the world.