As part of the research process for FELA, THE FEMININE RESISTANCE, archival visits were conducted at the National Museum Lagos between April and May 2026.
The museum’s library and research spaces became important sites for examining books, documents, visual archives, and cultural materials connected to postcolonial Nigeria, Afrobeat history, and women’s presence within the political and artistic environments surrounding Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.
Rather than searching for fixed historical conclusions, the research focused on fragments, absences, annotations, and overlooked narratives emerging across archival materials.
These readings, notes, and collected references continue to inform the photographic, textual, and sound dimensions of the project, contributing to the construction of what the artist describes as a living archive shaped through research, movement, and embodied experience.
This mobility was supported by the Africa-Europe Partnerships for Culture: Sub-Saharan Africa,
Connect & Create programme, funded by the European Union, implemented by the Goethe-Institut,
Expertise France and Institut français.
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