In Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company’s “Ain’t No Mo’,” running through Aug. 24 at Balzer Theater in downtown Atlanta, Black people are given the opportunity to stage-left themselves out of America and resettle in Africa.

It’s a proposal that many in the African American diaspora have debated for decades, and, with white supremacy on the rise in the United States, many view hightailing it out of the country as a pretty good idea.

Well, mostly.

The satirical juggernaut that is “Ain’t No Mo’” — a nominee of multiple Tony Awards during its limited Broadway run in 2022 — uses vignettes of the current state of Black America to examine who’s ready to go, who wants to stay and the value of fighting for what’s been built.

It’s a good question. Those in jail might view leaving the cou

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