How I use art to bridge misunderstanding | Adong Judith

Director and playwright Adong Judith creates provocative art that sparks dialogue on issues from LGBTQ rights to war crimes. In this quick but powerful talk, the TED Fellow details her work — including the play "Silent Voices," which brought victims of the Northern Ugandan war against Joseph Kony's rebel group together with political, religious and cultural leaders for transformative talks. "Listening to one another will not magically solve all problems," Judith says. "But it will give a chance to create avenues to start to work together to solve many of humanity's problems."

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35 Comments on How I use art to bridge misunderstanding | Adong Judith

  1. Adong, you are incredible!!! To recognize the value of every human, to see that it takes everyone to heal divides…..Just Thank YOU and please keep doing it!!!!

    • Madao recently TED has attracted a lot of trolls and when they see anything to do with Africa and/or Women they get pretty damn bigoted.

    • Yeah, that’s what I don’t get. Is Givenchychy’s comment a joke or do they do this for the responses or what? I mean, there’s no way anyone will take it serious and it’s very unlikely that some will find it funny so what’s the point?
      From what I get, there are the trolls that do it for amusement and those that try to influence the public opinion. None of this seems to be the case here.

    • Madao You are incorrect in your assumption* that people won’t take it seriously. And its funny solely due to the satirical nature.

      Its humiliating to aggregate human intelligence that there are people who believe this.

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