Makambe K. Simamba
Makambe K. Simamba is a four-time Dora Mavor Award-winning, three-time Betty Mitchell Award winning theatre artist. She is the writer and sole performer of Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers which she has toured successfully across Canada. Select acting credits include As You Like It (Stratford Festival), Three Sisters (Soulpepper Theatre and Obsidian Theatre), and The First Stone (New Harlem Productions). On screen, her credits include Star Trek Strange New Worlds (CBS) and Titans (HBO). Makambe is also a national award-winning and published playwright whose work includes A Chitenge Story, Recipe for Change and Mwana Mulena. Makambe is proudly Zambian-born and Caribbean-raised. Her intention as an artist is to be of service to humanity through her ability to tell stories.