Having returned to Akwa Ibom, for her father’s funeral, Nkanga explores the intricacies of her local community, generating a series of still and moving images that explore everyday life in Akwa Ibom. Exploring the theme of grief during this time and making considerations for how the experience has shaped her reality and prepared her for what exists beyond the concept of mourning.

This exhibition curated by Nnena Maxine Odumodu, invites the audience to explore the familiar and universal experience of returning to a time, a place or even a sensation. The act of “going home” can be more than one's physical presence, it is often a return to a feeling, a memory, to spaces that have shaped our beings. 

The work was first published as a photo book earlier this year, and the book is now held in the library collections of the Tate and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

The exhibition is supported by Nosakhari.

Unyọñ Ufọk by Emily Nkanga

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