DAUGHTERS OF IGBO WOMAN

An international digital installation

DAUGHTERS OF IGBO WOMAN

DAUGHTERS OF IGBO WOMAN is a transnational digital installation comprising a trilogy of literary films made in (UK, Nigeria & Nevis respectively).

DAUGHTERS OF IGBO WOMAN rejoins & gives voice to three separated & rendered invisible 18th century African women from one family. It brings to public attention a little known 18th century African woman Frances (Fumnanya) Coker 1767-1820 in the Uk & her mother Adaeze in Nevis & grandmother Ojiugo in Igboland, stories resurrected in part from Pinney archives.

Nigerian Writer Akachi Adimora Ezeigbo creates the grandmother’s voice, African British writer Ros Martin creates the daughter’s voice, St Kitts & Nevis writer & film maker, Vida Rawlins creates the mother’s voice.

UNIQUE DOCUMENTARY on Slavery “Daughters of Igbo Woman” written by Chike Ofili

December 1, 2017

Chike Ofili, image credit TOJ concept ‘DAUGHTERS OF IGBO WOMAN a beautiful creative treatment of rethinking and redesigning the entire concept of documentary’ Chike Ofili Though Africans from the supply side of the evil trade in human beings called the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade have endlessly continued to play innocent, and even play the victim of an … More UNIQUE DOCUMENTARY on Slavery “Daughters of Igbo Woman” written by Chike Ofili

WHEN DAUGHTERS OF IGBO WOMAN WAS SCREENED IN LAGOS…..

December 1, 2017

Following coverage in Nigerian news papers, the screening of DAUGHTERS OF IGBO WOMAN took place at 6.30 at Freedom Park, Lagos, a cultural centre housed in the grounds of a former British colonial prison in down town Lagos. It was promoted as an extension of the Lagos Book & Art Festival (LABAF) by poet … More WHEN DAUGHTERS OF IGBO WOMAN WAS SCREENED IN LAGOS…..

OCT BEAR PIT SCREENINGS

December 1, 2017

Our Bearpit screenings contributed to Journey to Justice programme & Black History month in Bristol during October 2017. 3 Screenings of DAUGHTERS OF IGBO WOMAN took place between 5. 00 and 7.00 on 4th 5th & 6th of Oct 2017 in the Peoples Republic of Stoke Croft’s(PRSC) pop up gallery container in the Bearpit, St … More OCT BEAR PIT SCREENINGS

DAUGHTERS OF IGBO WOMAN: a trilogy of digital films, raised as a memorial tribute to African ancestors, created & shot in landscapes of Eastern Nigeria, Nevis & Bristol Uk. Bringing archives to life, the separated, 18th century worlds of Igbo woman, Black Polly & Fanny Coker are brought into present day. Thus FANNY COKER 1767-1820, maidservant of the Georgian House Bristol & her matriarchal lineage in voice & presence are rendered visible by 3 African women writers, in Eastern Nigeria, St Kitts & Nevis & Bristol UK, respectively.