Daughters of the Diaspora
2022
Daughters of the Diaspora explores Afro-diasporic identity through staged portraiture rooted in folklore, ritual, and ancestral memory. The series reimagines the Orishas through contemporary visual language, merging fashion, sculpture, and set design. It invites the diaspora to reconnect with lineage, resilience, and the enduring presence of ancestral knowledge.
Medium Archival pigment prints
Dimensions Variable
Daughters of the Diaspora: When Oba made the ultimate sacrifice, turning from the tapestry of humanity, she sought the forest's embrace, a hermitess in solitude's sacred space.
2022
48 x 60 in.
Archival print on canvas, custom resin rod and finials
Daughters of the Diaspora:When Obatala ascended as the sovereign of all ori, Cotton was chosen to drape his divine form. But when birds sought to destroy this sacred cloth, They were woven into the tapestry of offerings
2022
48 x 40 in.
Archival print on canvas, custom resin rod and finials
Daughter of the Diaspora: Masquerading beneath the truth's veil, whispering to the oracles, and soothing time's chroniclers— Gélédé, a dance where gender and fate entwine.
2022
48 x 40 in.
Archival print on canvas, custom resin rod and finials
Daughters of the Diaspora: In the sea breeze, you'll find her calm, And in the cyclone, her terror stark. Oya's machete, with rage, can cut through a million, Yet her warmth brings peace to the cemetery she governs.
2022
48 x 40 in.
Archival print on canvas, custom resin rod and finials
Daughter of the Diaspora: The birth of Yemayá Okute
2022
48 x 40 in.
Archival print on canvas, custom resin rod and finials