Benne Erasto Banda

Zambia

Benne is an accomplished Zambian cultural artistic practitioner with a journalism background. He is a thespian who has also been involved in arts administration for more than a decade. He belongs to local and international networks of cultural animators and mentors.

Benne is a proponent of critical thinking and creative expression works aimed at uplifting youths’ creative minds through anti-corruption, human rights, HIV and health-related campaigns and Spoken Word. He has worked on productions for radio, television, and stage and community theatre at home and abroad.

Banda has taken his theatrical, cultural and artistic work to various eastern and southern African countries, the UK, Finland and the Caribbean islands. He works with Arts Acres Afrika, in Zambia, and Theatrum Botanicum, a UK theatre company. He appeared in FOOTERS, Zambia’s debut production at the Edinburgh International Arts Festival.

Benne is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts at the University of the Witwatersrand under the Drama for Life Programme.