Plants Can Tell the Story That Time Has Forgotten
The Narrative of Resistance was passed down through Botanical Knowledge and Traditions formed in Africa and transported to the New World
Botanical Reproductive Resistance
The Aloe vera genus, which is painted on the Hintze Hall ceiling, was used by African and enslaved women to manage and control their fertility during slavery. In these shorts created by the NHM, I discuss my work illuminating the medical knowledge and reproductive resistance of African and enslaved females.
Aloe vera: The Anti-Fertility Expertise of African and Enslaved Women
In this short produced by the NHM I discuss the use of Aloe Vera by enslaved women and how the laws during slavery meant that the enslaved women's womb was the legal property of slave ownera
The Two Georges Exhibition, 1760 -1790
The science museum's exhibition will feature my work, highlighting the botanical and medical expertise and knowledge of enslaved people in the Americas, which they brought with them from Africa. Autumn 2026
Cotton, Gossypium Barbadense. L, 1810. Various different species of cotton were used by enslaved women as a natural contraceptive.
Nyansapo - The Wisdom Knot
An interactive Learning Resource that Explores the Relationship between London, Botany, and the Transatlantic Trafficking of Enslaved Africans in the 18th century and beyond. In this learning resource, the relationship between Aloe vera, enslaved Africans, slavery and British horticulture is explored. Autumn 2026
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Selected Works
Always Grounded in Critical Historical Engagement