Dayle McLeod

Multi-Hyphenate Artist, Sangoma & Birth/Death Doula

Dayle McLeod (Nyoka Yomfula)  is a decolonial dream weaver using performance, Storytelling, Poety, Music & film to inspire visions of what liberation could look like. She is a  Multi-disciplinary Artist, South African Sangoma & Birth/Death Doula from Alliston, Ontario, Canada and operating out of the Catskills Mountains in New York. 

As an actor you've seen her on Amazon's 'The Expanse', Oprhan Black: Echoes, StarTrek Starfleet Academy and the upcoming series Cry Wolf on FX. 

Her folk music albums 'In Bloom' and 'Snakes' have been featured in a number of film and television productions including CTV's 'Kims Convenience',  Mary Harron's  film; 'Charlie Says' and Sam Coyle's award winning web series 'Avocado Toast'.

She is currently touring her documentary short film, 'Day of My Death' that followed her initiation as a sangoma in South Africa,  commissioned by the Toronto Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts.

Day of my death : a short, personal documentary from Dayle McLeod