NADA Miami 2024

Inspired by the tradition of dabtaras known as Ethiopian and Eritrean healing or magic scrolls, amulets and talismans; each work embodies layers of Amharic abstractly written by the artist in collaboration with her mothers corrections of her imperfect translations and her son’s translations into English. These pieces meditate on state-sanctioned violence and the transhistorical forced migration of Black people, as well as reflecting on the power of our collective Black indigenous languages, cultures and spiritualities.