“The wind of change is blowing through this [African] continent, and whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact. We must all accept it as a fact, and our national policies must take account of it.” – Harold MacMillan, British Prime Minister (1960 Speech to South ...
http://youtu.be/MMFdG-Pbny4 Basil Davidson’s books offer an Africanist perspective on Africa. He offers a highly objective perspective on colonialism and African nationalism. This video focuses on what brought about the call for independence on the African continent. It begins with Ghana and Kwame Nkrumah’s ...
A three part piece that represents people and places that are important to the artist. New identities and roles becoming are given life by limitless possibilities, many of which are awesomely interconnected. Acrylic on canvas, oil pastel and magazine print.
#Harambee63 Africa’s Anthem “God Bless Africa” Nkosi sikelel’ iAfrica was composed in 1897 by Xhosa composer, Enoch Mankayi Sontonga at the age of 24. It was a prayer that God will bless Africa, a song that was influenced by the suffering he saw of the Black people in South Africa. It was based on tune, ...
A reinterpretation of the “Green City in the Sun” and the hope raised in seeing it begin to throb with new life, especially in the arts. Acrylic on canvas with newspaper print.
Why the subject? What else? I have been lucky to access the richest archives in the world concerning Kenyan history with respect to the KLFA and the war for independence. These archives are both buildings and minds. For about two and a half years, people across Kenya opened their doors to questions over what exactly ...
#Harambee63 – A Project about African Revolutions and the Price of Independence The project calls into question ideas we hold about our individual roles and capacities in times where bravery and action is required. All so-called revolutionaries are ordinary people but these ordinary people changed the world. By taking ...
Acrylic on canvas, silver pen and chalk with magazine print. This piece shows the great debate between what we present about ourselves and what we really mean to ourselves.
A rejection of the one who preaches fish and delivers fish bones Acrylic on canvas, oil pastel with newspaper print.
An exploration of pregnancy, labour and the process of becoming a mother and seeing the world through new eyes. *142/146* are the heart rates of the twins that this woman carried while*19% – 99%* is the measurement of pain allocated to each contraction. The painting is split in half by the linea nigra just the ...
