De Eeuw van Harry Belafonte | Leoni Jansen, Izaline Calister, Roël Calister, Thijs Borste

Day-o, day-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home

Harry Belafonte is sadly no more. He passed away in 2023 at the age of 96. Fortunately, Leoni Jansen, Izaline Calister, Thijs Borsten and Roël Calister have created a performance about him. For it is incredible all that has changed in his life and in his century. This versatile, committed man deserves a musical tribute.
Almost everyone knows Harry Belafonte as the handsome singer of catchy songs like Island in the Sun, Matilda and Day-O. But there is much more: until his death, Belafonte spoke out firmly and humorously about political injustices and inequality. He organized and financed demonstrations for the Civil Rights Movement, played in the first film in which a black man had a relationship with a white woman and became an ambassador for UNICEF.

Leoni Jansen, Izaline Calister, Thijs Borsten and Roël Calister bring his story and music back to life on this Sunday morning.