An Fara is a haunting phrase from Kaduna, Northern Nigeria - historically spoken to signal fight or flight in moments of imminent danger. Once chanted, it triggers an instinctive ritual of survival, signifying the fragile threshold between life and death.

This powerful performance juxtaposes Kaduna’s history of sectarian violence with the accelerating global climate crisis, investigating moments of ecological and political collapse. By framing environmental destruction as an encroaching “An Fara” moment, the work awakens a visceral sense of urgency - an alarm bell that can no longer be ignored.

An Fara tells a story of two systems collapsing as one: the ancestral spiritual practices and the natural world. Long intertwined, both now stand in a state of emergency, triggering the dreaded An Fara call - a final warning demanding collective action.