Meet the Voices Behind the Vision
Bonface Beti
Bonface Beti is a board member of Kahanee and an African artist, storyteller and multidisciplinary practitioner working at the intersection of theatre, peacebuilding and healing-centred social change. Since 2004, he has collaborated with Amani Peoples’ Theatre and the Green String Network and later founded Mama Afrika Theatre Lab for Peace and Imaginable Futures. He holds a master’s degree in peacebuilding, formal training in the use of arts in peacebuilding and certifications in Theatre of the Oppressed and Playback Theatre, and he is currently pursuing a PhD focused on expressive arts in conflict transformation. His work spans Kenya, South Sudan, South Africa, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, the Netherlands, the United States and Canada. Bonface has served on committees and boards connected to drama therapy, expressive arts and applied theatre and currently sits on the executive board of IMPACT while supporting artists and peacebuilders through the UnRival Network. His connection to Kahanee is rooted in a deep belief in the power of storytelling as a sacred and shared practice that expands empathy, challenges single narratives and creates spaces for connection, dignity and collective healing.
