Cultural Life, Arts and Expression: Wana Udobang

“I think that culture and creative expression can be a phenomenal portal into accessing the nuances of our existence. A conduit in navigating our histories, traumas, memories and joys, yet doing that work of reimagining the look, feel and taste of our futures. As people, as women, as creators, expression is part of our liberation practice. It is how we survive. It is how we thrive.”

Wana Udobang is a storyteller and artist working at the intersection of writing, poetry, performance and film. Her poetry interrogates memory, womanhood, healing and re-imagination. She has three studio albums Dirty Laundry, In Memory of Forgetting and Transcendence. Her writing has appeared on the BBC, Aljazeera, The Guardian and Observer. Udobang’s video works include; Nylon and Warriors. She curates the archival project Culture Diaries which documents the works of African artists.