Celebrate healing and activism at the Rahasia Mafiusa showcase

Rahasia Mafiusa, a non-profit organisation, will have its annual From Darkness to Light showcase on Friday, December 5, where various artists will be celebrating healing, resilience, and creative activism.

The showcase also forms part of the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children Campaign, which starts on Tuesday, November 25 and runs until Wednesday, December 10. It also commemorates the death of the late former president Nelson Mandela, who died on December 5, 2013.

The Salt River based organisation is headed up by chairperson Nina Alexia Brazzo.

“This event is about transforming pain into power. Using art as a universal language to heal, educate and unite communities across borders,” she said.

The organisation is dedicated to healing, education, and creative empowerment. It bridges the gap between segregated communities through art, dialogue, and trauma-informed initiatives that promote gender reconciliation, peacebuilding, and social inclusion. 

From Darkness to Light will feature local and global artists that will be sharing their talents, which include local artists like Ms Brazzo, who is a composer, reads poetry, and dances, as well as motivational speaker Gadija Isaacs from Elsies River and poet Prince Shapiro from Johannesburg.

They will be joined by overseas artists like spoken word artist Kinan Salaam, poet Jammy Goddess, sacred activist Elizabeth Afrif-Fear, and integration coach Isabel Almeida from the United Kingdom. The show will also include dancer and choreographer, Sonia Anisah Utami, and visual artist, Monic from Indonesia, as well as poet, Davies Banda from Zambia.

Ms Brazzo said the world has experienced further challenges like horrendous anti-Muslim hatred in England, falsehoods spread about South Africa, violent protests across Indonesia, and relentless genocides inflicting unabated abuse towards children to elders.

“As a collective, we are yearning for healing; for our family, our communities, our society as a whole. To do this, we nurture the unveiling of secrets in safe environments so that the sickness leaves our bodies, gradually. We nurture that voice and educate ourselves so we can stand up for one another,” she said.

From Darkness to Light will take place via Zoom on Friday, December 5, from 8pm. Email  rahasiamafiusanpo@gmail.com or call 082 071 9414 to get your tickets.