
Ery
nzaramba
actor. writer. witness. question mark.

I was born in Rwanda.
Then I was born again—
in Belgium.
And again—
on a London stage,
under lights too bright
for forgetting.
I write because the silences are too loud.
I perform because memory moves.
Sometimes it dances.
Sometimes it—
weeps.
I once wrote a play about myself
but gave myself a different name.
That’s how you know it’s true.
It travelled the world.
Came back changed.
So did I.
I wrote a drama where a language speaks
and a soldier listens too late.
I wrote a film
where a murderer knocks
and forgiveness hides
behind the door.
I write the things
we don’t know how to forgive.
I’ve translated ghosts into English.
They came to me in French.
And I said:
"Welcome.
We’ll find room for you too."
Now,
I’m writing a future—
where Africa searches for itself
inside the machine.
It doesn’t always like what it sees.
I work with rhythm,
rupture,
what’s been redacted.
I make story out of
what didn’t make
the archive.
I don’t offer answers.
But I ask carefully.
And I remember.

Featured work
Produced for The National Archives.
Motherland is a powerful audio drama where an East African soldier in WWII confronts colonialism, language, and identity. Haunted by the spirit of Swahili, he wrestles with belonging, memory, and the cost of service in a war not his own. A poetic reckoning with history, voice, and the idea of home.
Performances include at the Royal Exchange Theatre (Manchester), Soho Theatre (London), and world festivals in Edinburgh, Hong Kong, New York, San Francisco and Berlin.
SPLIT/MIXED is a one-man play about a Rwandan living in the diaspora, where humour, memory, and identity collide. As his inner voices battle over truth and survival, SPLIT/MIXED unravels a gripping journey from privileged youth to genocide refugee, exploring the complex truth of survival, the cost of memory and the need to belong.
Screened at festivals in Cannes, Dallas, Boston.
After fleeing a genocide he helped perpetrate, a haunted man travels to Europe to seek forgiveness from the woman whose brother he killed—now living with the foreign man she once left her country for. Knocking on Heaven’s Door explores guilt, trauma, and the unbearable weight of reconciliation.

​
A forward‑looking narrative about AI’s ubiquitousness, as the go-to source for answers and knowledge for everyone, particularly the youth. What this means for current African youth and future generations, the impact on their identity, since their minds will have been shaped by an AI trained on biased data perpetuating colonial mindsets (so far).
​
work in progress
​
Midnight is a gripping, dystopian thriller set on the eve of a violent revolution. As chaos engulfs the streets, a mysterious man navigates checkpoints and moral crossroads to survive the night—until a final encounter in a hidden bunker challenges everything he claims to be. Midnight is coming. What will remain?
​
GET IN ToUCH!
contact
Agent – MMBcreative,
The Old Truman Brewery,
91 Brick Lane, London E1 6QL
​​
Tel: +44 203 582 9370​