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Ancestral Libations Pt II: Welsh Wool Slavery and Identity
The exhibition explores the role of Welsh plains in suppressing and denigrating the African identity of enslaved people, which was reinforced through textiles before colonialism. Lucille Junkere uses masks and other artefacts to portray the Akan, Ashanti, Yorùbá, Igbo, Ibibio, Éwé and Bantu heritage of the people enslaved to work on Britain’s most lucrative plantation, Jamaica. Welsh flannel, wool remnants from blankets and throws, cotton, and natural dyes from the Caribbean and West Africa, including indigo, logwood, fustic, brazilwood and Kola nut, symbolise the traditional cultural cloth denied during slavery.