Looking forward to including examples by our 100 Histories of 100 Worlds in 1 Object authors, including Efua Dadzie 's take of the British Museum's Akan Drum, or Heba Abd el Gawad | هبة عبد الجواد view on the Rosetta Stone. Find them here: 100histories100worlds.org

Captivating & informative docu. series. #ArtTraffickers . Saw epi. 3&4, shall watch-out for repeat, for 1&2. Included a commentary from Efua Dadzie #ArtWorld

In December 2019 I shared some of the work at the TAG conference at UCL, in a session convened by Laura Hampden and Efua Dadzie. I met them at TAG, and I’m lucky to call them friends now! In 2020 the three of us were among the founding members of European Society of Black & Allied Archaeologists.

UPDATE: One of my insightful followers Azzah Smith pointed out that the photograph I shared earlier this week drew inspiration from Francis Davis Millet's 1883 painting 'Reading the Story of Oenone.' Millet sold the painting to the then brand new Detroit Inst of Arts in 1883, making it their

Still not sure how I ended up in publishing but what a journey it’s been! Delighted to be launching OtherStories and I’m grateful to all the beautiful souls who have supported me along the way. Looking forward to championing our stories and breaking all the rules…

Efua Dadzie decided not to focus on the slave trade but instead show the Akan Drum as a Living Objects, still used by Ghanaians today. Kwan Pa also features in the trailer of our podcasts. Have a listen here: 100histories100worlds.org/the-akan-drum/

Just preparing my next lecture at École normale supérieure | PSL on Sir H Sloane, the slave trade & the British Museum. Delighted that the first google hit for the #AkanDrum was not the original BBC Radio 4 British Museum podcast but Efua Dadzie 100 Histories of 100 Worlds in 1 Object's version featuring Akan Band #KwanPa 🙌🏿🥳! 1/2

One of the things that keep me happy. 😊 #reading #wasafiri
Thanks Efua Dadzie

The exhibition Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance is now open, and the catalogue features contributions from ESBAA founding members Efua Dadzie and Dr. Peggy Brunache 👇🏿

#TheMuseumsLab Fellows
Almost three months have passed since this group of museum professionals, cultural practitioners and researchers came together in Berlin. Next week there will be a reunion for Module 3 in Nairobi, where new encounters are awaiting them.

Excited to have ’Flower Boy’ at the The Armory Show 2023 featured in the The New York Times presented by MARUANI MERCIER #thearmoryshow #maruanimercier #artistkwesibotchway

I am co-organising an online workshop series, followed by an edited volume on 'Contested Monuments', with Paul Basu (Universities of Oxford and Bonn). If you are working on contested monuments, please consider submitting an abstract. Deadline 30th October. Please see call below

Team European Society of Black & Allied Archaeologists! Efua Dadzie and I went to the launch of Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance last week, now open at Fitzwilliam Museum, with objects from across University of Cambridge Museums. Proud of all my friends and colleagues who contributed to this project!
fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/plan-your-visi…

Congratulations Efua Dadzie SRU ! Looking forward to visiting the exhibition Fitzwilliam Museum

I'm proud to carry our Akan visual culture everywhere I go!

‘Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance’.
8 Sept 2023 –7 Jan 2024 at Fitzwilliam Museum.

For more, here is the exhibition catalogue, with Ch. 1 on Akan goldweights: curatingcambridge.co.uk/products/black…

Join us at UEA for this year's TAG!
Have a look on the website for all the details! If you would like to submit a paper to one of the sessions, the deadline is 15 October.
SRU Centre for African Art & Archaeology, UEA Art History and World Art Studies UEA

Yay! I am thrilled to share the news that I have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for my project 'Entangled materialities and new global histories from southern Africa'! Excited to work with wonderful collaborators Cambridge Archaeology and beyond! European Research Council (ERC) #ERCStG

Thank you YaleMacMillan Center ! What an honor! Here is the book in question PSU Press 👉🏽 psupress.org/books/titles/9…

I was a bit silent, partly because I'm not sure what the fuss is about given Fischer had already announced 1 month ago that he will step down ANYWAY. Before the theft became public. It does not sound like a personal sacrifice. 1/2 theguardian.com/culture/2023/j…

Be kind and patient with yourself. Keep writing. Keep learning. Take constructive feedback seriously. Don't give up. Irresistible #writing doesn't know #colour , #race , #gender or #religion . Once it's great work, it will have no hiding place.