The Crypt

The Crypt, in an ironic twist, represents a place where Yamaye and her community can come alive. Despite its underground location and foreboding name, it symbolizes safety, both literally and metaphysically. Asase and Lego make use of it to hide from the police, and dancing there offers Yamaye respites from the pain in her life.

Dancehall Music

Similar to the Crypt, Dancehall music represents Yamaye's place of safety and comfort. Even in times of great distress, Dancehall, the rhythms and beats offer a place for Yamaye to escape her negative emotions and her ongoing trauma, to live and dance in the sounds and feelings of the music of her people.

Asase's Clothes

Asase's clothes represent a way that she projects a show of strength. Just as Asase buys clothes under a false name, the clothes themselves offer her a false sense of power and confidence...