Olamide Akinosun

Get That Black! Olamide Akinosun

Yemi Williams is a young Nigerian, who won a scholarship to study in the USA. Getting to America, Yemi changed his view about life as he was faced with racial inequalities. As the play continued, he met a white girl, Molly who fell in love with him at a shopping mall. Did the foreigner endure with prejudice or did he just find a happy ending with Molly? Find out from this intriguing play. Get That Black! Is an epic play, depicting the story of a man and the color of his skin, by portraying a few months in the life of the foreigner. The play showcases the racial realism of a white man in the contemporary American society, The play unflinchingly tackles the themes of systematic racism and negrophobia.