Costa Rica’s Nahara Dance Company to Premiere “SEMILLA” on Nigerian Christian Persecution

Arts & Human Rights Key Facts —The work. “SEMILLA” is a contemporary dance piece by Costa Rican choreographer Nahara Ortega, inspired by documented violence against Christians in Nigeria. —The toll. An estimated 52,000 Christians have been killed in Nigeria between 2009 and 2023, with over 20,000 churches and schools attacked. —The metaphor. “Semilla” means seed…