The Darkest Chapter: Latif Abubakar’s 21st Production brings President Mahama’s UN reckoning to the National Theatre stage

A National Moment, A Global Stage THE DARKEST CHAPTER headlines this year’s Ghana Theatre Festival, running for three unmissable nights and matinees at the National Theatre, Accra: • Friday, October 2nd — 7:00pm • Saturday, October 3rd — 4:00pm & 8:00pm • Sunday, October 4th — 4:00pm & 8:00pm Presented by Globe Productions in partnership with the National Theatre, and supported by UNESCO, the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this is theatre staged at the intersection of history, diplomacy, and national pride — a rare opportunity for individuals, families, and friends to witness, together, a story that is at once deeply Ghanaian and universally human.

That moment — a nation’s leadership turning centuries of silence into a verdict — is the spark behind one of the most ambitious theatrical undertakings Ghana has ever staged: THE DARKEST CHAPTER, a musical dance theatrical experience created by veteran playwright Latif Abubakar, and directly inspired by the President’s and the Foreign Minister’s testimony before the United Nations.

A Thousand Lives, One Witness At the heart of the production is The Witness — an immortal narrator who has lived a thousand lives across four hundred years: a child of the Gold Coast, a man in chains on the Middle Passage, a field hand on a Caribbean plantation, a marcher beside history’s freedom fighters, and, tonight, a presence moving unseen through the halls of the United Nations.