BURDEN: A series
BURDEN is a collaborative work between spoken word artist Sabiqah Bello and visual artist Shorouq who visually translated Sabiqah's words through the lens of her camera.
BURDEN: An Experience by Sabiqah BelloAfrican Leadership Academy
The first stanza highlights the effect of climate change on the weather.
BURDEN: An Experience by Sabiqah BelloAfrican Leadership Academy
The Laws of Ebb and Flow by ShorouqAfrican Leadership Academy
It articulates the harsh realities we have to face as consequences of our actions.
BURDEN: A Question by Sabiqah BelloAfrican Leadership Academy
do not forget me by ShorouqAfrican Leadership Academy
The second stanza of BURDEN: A series is a question. It contemplates the concept of activism and action.
BURDEN: A Question by Sabiqah BelloAfrican Leadership Academy
It addresses performative advocacy and how our actions against climate change lack proactivity. In the era of social media activism, most of what we are familiar with are mere feeble actions.
Fossils of Civilizations by ShorouqAfrican Leadership Academy
BURDEN: An Apology by Sabiqah BelloAfrican Leadership Academy
The last stanza, an apology acknowledges the consequences of climate change the next generation may have to confront.
