Kwaamen (Jamaica), 2025
120 mm giclèe print on Baryta paper
16 inches by 16 inches
Edition of 10, Signed Verso
Kwaamen was made on location in situ the hills of St. Mary, Jamaica on the hike leading to Kwame Falls. The waterfall is named in commemoration of Kwaamen, a lieutenant in the major 1760 Tacky’s Rebellion led by Tacky (Takyi). They were both formerly enslaved men born on the Gold Coast, or what is now known as Ghana.
This work is from "The Land Sings of A Dream," Niama Safia Sandy’s new series of experimental film photographs. The images offer abstracted, dream-like scenes connected to energetic resonance at Global Black Diaspora historical sites related to liberation and cultural activity.
Kwaamen (Jamaica), 2025
120 mm giclèe print on Baryta paper
16 inches by 16 inches
Edition of 10, Signed Verso
Kwaamen was made on location in situ the hills of St. Mary, Jamaica on the hike leading to Kwame Falls. The waterfall is named in commemoration of Kwaamen, a lieutenant in the major 1760 Tacky’s Rebellion led by Tacky (Takyi). They were both formerly enslaved men born on the Gold Coast, or what is now known as Ghana.
This work is from "The Land Sings of A Dream," Niama Safia Sandy’s new series of experimental film photographs. The images offer abstracted, dream-like scenes connected to energetic resonance at Global Black Diaspora historical sites related to liberation and cultural activity.
