Ananse & The Butterfly

Found canvas, ink, 200 × 150 cm, 2025

This work explores the Ghanaian Adinkra symbolic system through the lens of my mixed identity. Using tools that were found and created with non-tradtional methods, it focuses on fragmentation and the complexities of diasporic identity.

This work began as experimentation in self-portraiture and has since developed into an investigation of my ancestry through research and material processes. Recurring motifs include Fafanto (the butterfly), which symbolises transformation, tenderness and honesty, and Ananse Ntontan (the spider’s web), associated with wisdom and interconnected knowledge.