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It has been nine years since the start of the book series Berlin Papers on the Theatre of the Oppressed with Anne Dirnstorfer’s publication on Forum Theatre in Nepal, and it is with great pleasure that I introduce the first English-language volume, Claus Schrowange’s Art and Conscientization—Forum Theatre in Uganda, Rwanda, DR Congo, and South Sudan. Since the practice of Forum Theatre (and the scope of the series) is an international one, I hope this book can find readers around the world more easily than books in my native German.

Claus Schrowange will take you on an interesting journey to Uganda and South Sudan, presenting the Forum Theatre style of Rafiki Theatre, and to Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo with Badilika Theatre. He describes his approach and methods, his experiences with the trauma-healing effect of theatre, and concludes with his views on the opportunities and limitations of Forum Theatre in peace work.

I would like to thank Claus for all the hard work of updating an essay he wrote for Christiane Kayser and turning it into a book—I know theatre makers are always busy, but he took the time, and now we can all gain insight into his experiences and hopefully integrate some parts into our own work and projects.

The world in its current state can certainly use all of our efforts.

Berlin

August, 2015

Harald Hahn

www.harald-hahn.de