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ONISHKA is organizing a fundraising campaign to support the reopening of the Ingakuna Estéreo 105.3fm community radio station, and thus help give a voice back to the Inga people and the Inga resistance against the mining destruction at work on their territory, in the Colombian Amazon. Fully in line with Nigamon/Tunai performance by Émilie Monnet […]

ONISHKA está organizando una campaña de recaudación de fondos para apoyar la reapertura de la radio comunitaria Ingakuna Estéreo 105.3fm, y así contribuir a dar una nueva voz al pueblo Inga y a la resistencia Inga contra la destrucción minera que está teniendo lugar en su territorio, en la Amazonia colombiana. En consonancia con la

Aki / Alpa Un intercambio sobre las luchas indígenas y la solidaridad contra las políticas extractivistas y la devastación medioambiental en los territorios indígenas de las Américas.   Aki: tierra en anishinaabemowin          Alpa: tierra en Inga 27-28 de mayo    Montreal / Tiotiá:ke / Mooniyaang Dos días, cuatro conferencias, organizadas por ONISHKA en el Théâtre Espace

Aki / Alpa Exchanges on Indigenous struggles and solidarity against extractivist policies and environmental devastation on the Indigenous territories of the Americas.   Aki : land in anishinaabemowin          Alpa : land in inga May 27-28, 2024   Montréal / Tiotiá:ke / Mooniyaang Two days, four conferences, organized by ONISHKA at Théâtre Espace GO (4890, boulevard Saint-Laurent,

Why do they persecute us? Written by Waira Nina for El Tiempo (May, 2019) Read the original article in Spanish * * * * * In this path of leadership, and for as long as I can remember, I have lived through the war. I was born in Yurayaco, municipality of San José del Fragua,

Nigamon/Tunai approaches its Montreal premiere, May 14-30, 2024 at Théâtre Espace GO and Festival TransAmériques + its European premiere at the Edinburgh International Festival, August 15-18, 2024. Marguerite: le feu continues to inspire and impact. Discover two other creative processes in their early stages, which will gain momentum over the next few years: Polyglotte (working

Théâtre Espace Go has recently launched its 2023-2024 season. Discover the program. The season closes with Nigamon/Tunai, by Émilie Monnet and Waira Nina, produced by ONISHKA, in coproduction with Festival TransAmériques and Espace GO : At the crossroads of friendship and resistance for the protection of water and against extractivism on their respective territories, Émilie

(photo credit: Pascal Gely / Hans Lucas)   – translated from French –   ⬥  Thanks to a choral, fiery and determined show, Émilie Monnet resurrects Marguerite Duplessis from the ashes of oblivion for a volcanic hour. Without ever succumbing to the violence of an indictment, Marguerite : le feu is a memorial steeped in humanity,

Discover below some first images of the work-in-progress of Nigamon/Tunai that was shared with the audience of Festival TransAmériques on June 3-4. A sensory immersion among Indigenous voices, experiences, cosmovisions and struggles, Nigamon/Tunai is a poetic manifesto born of the shared imagination of Waira Nina and Émilie Monnet, inspired by their bonds of friendship and

— June 3-4, 2023 at FTA, Montreal —  Productions Onishka is about to share a work-in-progress of Nigamon/Tunai as part of Festival TransAmériques’s ‘Playground events’. Émilie Monnet and Waira Nina have been collaborating for almost ten years on solidarity-based exchanges between their respective Anishinaabeg and Inga communities—and, more broadly, with other Indigenous artists. This has