Emma Dabiri Instagram – July was 🔥 Jamaica ~ man like Bogle !!! Revolutionary histories are my jam. Visited Emancipation Park in Kingston and this statue of Paul Bogle who on 23 October was hanged for organising the Morant Bay rebellion, despite his death the rebellion is seen as a turning point in Jamaican history. With the impact of Bogles objective of improving the political and economic conditions of the poor beginning to be felt and the whole incident paving the way for new attitudes ( I love the similarities between Jamaica and Ireland in that that so many of the national heroes are people who fought British imperialism oppression)
Deeply stimulating convo @cartier discussing the role of the artist, and covering everything from the relationship between quantum physics and ancestral time to the invention of race
Delighted to be a part of the Sky Arts Awards Literature Jury @skyarts so brilliant to see gifted friends recognised in other categories too ( @blindboy @lindsaymendrick am looking at yeeeeee 😍)
Hair is hairing ➰➿➰
The most wonderful conversation with @tavaresstrachan discussing everything from the transmission of African ontologies through music and other “informal” sites of knowledge production in the Caribbean, to space travel, as part of his mind-blowing exhibition: There is Light Somewhere on @hayward.gallery GO SEE IT NOW !!!
@esdevlin spellbinding installation part of Reverb exhibition @180.studios
A very special custom made Claddagh Ring emphasising aspects of Irish culture that I’m channeling atm
YOU BELONG HERE @hayward.gallery (know this intimately don’t let anybody attempt to make you feel otherwise, these revolutionary histories didn’t happen for nothing ya zimme) | Posted on 31/Jul/2024 21:48:42
