Unstable Grounds – Première- Peter Somuah -North Sea Round Town 2025

Central to the trajectory of this year's North Sea Round Town Artist in Focus: Peter Somuah, is the main project Unstable Grounds, to be seen for the first time on July 3, 2025 in the undiscovered pearl of Rotterdam: the Wester Theater.

Expect a performance in which music, dance and visual arts merge into a reflection on the lasting influence of colonization in Africa and its impact on contemporary society. Somuah describes how this influence is still deeply interwoven in education, religion and social structures – often in ways that people are not aware of. “People think that colonialism is history, something from the past. But mentally the effects are still there. It has shaped everything – how we see ourselves, and how others see us.” With this project he wants to create awareness – not through words, but through the language of music.