The Coronation of a Young Witch

The Coronation of a Young witch is a work that takes on both a medieval and an urban format.  Presented in a scroll style, it explores the condemnation of non-conforming women who are vilified as witches. This work includes two dramatic poems titled ‘The Witches in a Brawl’ and ‘The Coronation’. The former details the sentencing of two women, an older and a younger one orchestrated by their own male relatives. While the latter is a short excerpt from an upcoming play by Adeyo which features a newly crowned witch, an old witch, and a chorus. It reads as a manifesto proclaiming independence for the witches during the induction of a young woman into the coven. In summary, the work teaches women how to wield this vilification or rather name as witches, reject conformity, recognize when the system is targeting them and to regain their collective autonomy.

Miss A. is Nigerian-Canadian writer, an aspiring filmmaker, and creative hairstylist but likes to call herself a multidisciplinary artist. She has recently returned to writing to help her rediscover her voice. Right now, she is dabbling in different mediums of art as possible with the ultimate goal to bring her stories to the theatre and screens. Find more of Miss A. on IG @adeyocrown

Oshawa, Canada, 18pages, 11' x 8.5', 2026, it's a scroll!!