"Trauma Dump", Institute of African Studies, Ibadan, 2023. Photography by Olateju Oladepo

Themes explored: community as therapy, art as catharsis, constructing and appraising past selves

The audience was invited to write their pandemic related and other traumas in pencil on scraps of old newspapers.

Acknowledging the profound impact of historical, cultural, and intergenerational trauma.

The artist read her poetry as the papers were burnt in a clay pot along with symbolic materials.

The pot was smashed with a hammer.