Refugees bring their stories of survival to the stage and now screen in The Baulkham Hills Ladies Troupe

By Elissa Blake
Updated October 9 2016 - 11:13am, first published October 3 2016 - 4:12pm
A scene from the 2013 stage version of The Baulkham Hills African Ladies Troupe featuring Yordanos Haile-Michael and Rosemary Kariuki-Fyfe. Photo: Lisa Tomasetti
A scene from the 2013 stage version of The Baulkham Hills African Ladies Troupe featuring Yordanos Haile-Michael and Rosemary Kariuki-Fyfe. Photo: Lisa Tomasetti

Yordanos Haile-Michael doesn't know how old she is. As a small child in Eritrea she witnessed her father kill her mother. Left to fend for herself on the street, she was taken by a rebel-led army of child soldiers where she endured violence and sexual abuse for 15 years.

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