Title: Lɔ̃lɔ̃ kple ŋku ɖoɖo, amedada ƒe nutinya dzi (Love and memory a mother’s story), 2025
Medium: digital print on silk chiffon and silk organza, dye sublimation print on used nylon tights, cotton thread, metallic acrylic thread and real silk thread
Size: 10.75 x 19ft / 3.3 x 5.8m

Painstakingly made by hand, Lɔ̃lɔ̃ kple ŋku ɖoɖo is a love letter to my mother and a comment on Black women’s labour. This visual archive delicately weaves my mother’s story into the fabric of history while also serving as a symbol of Black motherhood. The larger-than-life exaltation signifies the enormity of Black matriarchy’s contribution on a local (familial, communal), and global scale. Their blood and sacrifice built the foundations on which empires stand and that capitalism still feeds on today.

Image credits: Claire S. Burke, Claire Haughey and Kristiana Chan