Belafonte learned a lot from Robeson during his formative years, and by the time he began to consider himself an artist, he had activism at the core of his heart. Belafonte claimed that his appreciation of the arts was sparked by his perception of “theatre as a social force, as a political force.”
In Derry, be prepared to have fun-filled encounters with 'visitors' from the Other World, especially at the 'Awakening of the Walls' evening where these creatures try to scare the living daylights out of you.
‘The problem of the 20th century is the problem of the colour-line.” So wrote the Afro-American activist WEB Du Bois…
