News & Events
Three sites to UNESCO’s Tentative List for World Heritage
From UNESCO: "On 3 October 2017, the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports of the Republic of South Sudan submitted three heritage sites to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre to be included on its first ever Tentative List of potential World Heritage sites:...
Juba Film Festival 2017
Likikiri's Elfatih Atem collaborated with Ibdaa drama group to produce the short film Bliss, which premiered at the Juba Film Festival the week of September 4, 2017. This year marks the second year of the Juba Film Festival, an annual event showcasing the...
South Sudan Museum Network
On July 5 – 6, Likikiri founder Elfatih Atem participated in the inaugural workshop of the newly established South Sudan Museum Network.
Conference on displacement
Displacement has become a defining feature of South Sudanese life. On May 26, 2017, Likikiri’s Elfatih Atem participated in a one-day conference on the lived experience of South Sudanese displacement.
Performance of Hilatna
On April 8, 2017, Likikiri Collective partnered with members of Ibdaa Drama Group to stage a production of Elfatih Atem's new play Hilatna (Our Neighborhood), an adaptation of the South Sudanese folktale Kenyi and the Extraordinary Snake. The folktale is a...
World Theatre Day 2015
Likikiri's Elfatih Atem directed the play "Aha!" for World Theatre Day 2015, which took place in Nyakuron Cultural Center. "Aha!" juxtaposed an urban man reading a newspaper aloud with rural migrants approaching the town and building a shelter out of found...