Ragamuffin

Ragamuffin is a man on trial. In the ‘Supreme Court of Afrikan Justice’ he has been indicted for his role in criminalizing the black community. Now he is defended as a disaffected revolutionary. Eventually he will be celebrated as a symbol of young black urban experience. During the course of Ragamuffin’s allegorical trial, the Court is asked to consider the historical significance of the Haitian slave revolution of 1804 as well as the events leading up to the Broadwater Farm uprising. The parodic drama reveals the conflicting realities for black youth in contemporary Britain and ultimately leaves the audience – aka the jury – to decide Ragamuffin’s fate.